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Searching for the Ocean’s Secrets From the Last Undersea Base
Two days ago, in the ocean a few miles off Key Largo Florida, I watched a woman dive 20 feet down to a sandy bottom. Conch skittered across sea floor while fish pecked at a nearby reef. A Barracuda...
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How to Become an Aquanaut
So, you want to become an aquanaut? Do you have the right stuff? What is the right stuff? Do you even know what an Aquanaut is? According to Saul Rosser, Operations Director at Aquarius undersea...
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This Is How You Live at the Bottom of the Ocean
You can see it from the surface of the water: a blue outline 50 feet down. Aquarius. The last undersea base. Diving down to it is like falling slowly into another world. I wish I could live there. The...
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How You Get Dry Supplies to an Underwater Base—Without a Submarine
You think carrying your shopping up your 2nd-floor flat is a pain in the ass? Try bringing that stuff into an undersea base without it getting soaked. How do you do it? The answer is surprisingly...
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Getting Married in an Undersea Base
Otto Ruttan got married to Leanne in the Aquarius Reef Base on March 26th, 1996. They met at Aquarius during his first day on the job. She was a marine biologist doing aquanaut training and he, being...
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There Is No Such Thing as Normal When You Live at the Bottom of the Sea
The Aquanauts had killed the power and strapped on their emergency air masks. Someone smelled burning. In a rich-oxygen environment like Aquarius, fires can spread with ferocity; any hint of combustion...
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