February 3rd, 2009

Across the Ocean in a Pedal-Powered Submarine

SteveintheUK in Ocean Rowing, Sporting Events

Some extracts from the story about Ted Ciamillo attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a Pedal-Powered Submarine that he designed and built himself.

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Some men mark their 40th birthday by buying a flashy new car, changing jobs or finally getting started on that novel. Ted Ciamillo decided he would pedal across the Atlantic in a one-man submarine he has designed and built himself.

It may sound like a crazy stunt dreamed up by an adrenalin junkie, but the plan, dubbed the “Subhuman project”, has attracted serious attention from marine biologists. That’s because the sub, when it takes to the seas later this year, could for the first time allow them to explore the upper layers of the ocean silently and unobtrusively, revealing marine life as it has never been seen before.

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