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Heyy Dudes (and dude-ettes), Just thought I'd drop a note to the Rebreather and Technical Diving lists shamelessly promoting two upcoming films on the Discovery Channel, brought to you by the undefeated team of McKenney and Juergensen. To wit: Monday, September 21st 8:00 PM - The Discovery Channel "Phantoms of the Deep" - This film is about deep water critters, and their sometimes bizarre lifestyle and appearance. Mike Severns is profiled searching for weird fish to photograph in Indonesia. You get to see him, McKenney, Farb, and myself doing deep dives all using BioMarine Mark 15.5 rebreathers. We also profile Dr. Grant Gilmore and his work with the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institutes deep submersible. Some very interesting, and as-yet uncataloged fish species are shown. Sunday, September 27th 8:00 PM - The Discovery Channel "Mystery of the Whale Cave" - this is about an underwater cave system off a remote atoll in Fiji where the skeletal remains of 4 Pilot Whales were found. We explored this cave system, documented the remains, and had samples analyzed by the Lawrence Livermore Laboratories to carbon date their age. There is some fantastic underwater footage shot by John of the cave system, and Pilot Whales. All of us (McKenney, Me, Farb, and even Bill Eliott and Mitch Makowski) are seen using our "magic carpets" - the Mark 15.5 rebreathers to explore the cave system (which is nothing like Wakulla - we're not crazy, you know...). If you like whales, this is a very cool show to watch - even though you have to sit through the interview segments that McKenney and I shot of each other (example: McKenney: "Seeing those dead whale bones was way bitchin' cool!!" - Juergensen: "It was so very sad to see those poor dead whales..."). We also incorporated some footage taken of the yearly slaughter of Pilot Whales at the Faroe Islands, so it might be a bit tough to show the kiddies, but would serve as a good example of the continued inhumanity to these marvelous creatures. Anyway, I thought I'd put the word out for anyone who might be interested to see John and I's latest work. As usual, John's photography is brilliant, and my writing, is, well, uh.... I dunno.... You tell me.... ; -) Hope you enjoy the shows. Kevin Juergensen Co-Producer "Secrets of the Deep" -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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