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Florida Professor Aiming To Spend 100 Days In Undersea Habitat
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By Ben Hooper
March 16 (UPI) -
- A University of South Florida pro- fessor has spent the past 16 days in a structure located 22 feet under the sea -- and he is planning to remain until he hits a total of 100 days.
Joe Dituri, an associate profes- sor at the University of South Florida, is living in an under- water
hotel dubbed the Jules Undersea Lodge, located 22 feet below the surface in a Key Largo lagoon.
March 16 (UPI) - - A University of South Florida pro- fessor has spent the past 16 days in a structure located 22 feet
under the sea -- and he is planning to remain until he hits a total of 100 days.
Joe Dituri, an associate professor at the University of South Florida, is living in an underwater
hotel dubbed the Jules Undersea Lodge, located 22 feet below the surface in a Key Largo lagoon.
Dituri said he is aiming to remain for 100 days and break the Guinness World Record for the most continuous time spent in an underwater habi- tat. The current record of 73 days was set at the Jules Undersea
Lodge in 2014 by Bruce Cantrell
and Jessica Fain.
Dituri said his project was inspired by direc- tor James Cameron, who asked the profes- sor to evaluate one of his sub- mersibles in 2012.
The professor said he is hoping his experience, dubbed Project Neptune, will help him make new discoveries includ- ing studying the effect that the project had on his own body.
Dituri, who is chronicling his project on social media, said he will not be alone for the entire duration of the project, as student divers will be making occa- sional visits to the Jules Undersea Lodge.
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