Mark's aquatic adventure

Every year in IMPACT we have guest speakers that come and talk to us about their careers and the different things they do. Some of the guest speakers are mind-boggling boring and some are refreshingly interesting.  One of the guest speakers that was interesting was Mark Tahulka.  He started out by explaining to us the different tasks he did as a marine biologist, he explain the proper ways to dive.  After, he went on to explain an aquatic adventure he went on. There’s an undersea laboratory by the name of Aquarius that’s 100ft deep and 4 miles off the shore of Key Largo. The purpose of it is to do research, observe the undersea environment, assist in the development of undersea technology, and it’s a national training facility and a place for ocean education. Mark always wanted to go there but the chances of going there is  0 unless you have research to do at the bottom of the sea that would requires you to live there.   A couple of years ago he had an opportunity to do go since marine biology teachers could apply to get a chance to dive there and be able to stay for couple of  days to observe the behavior of certain marine animals. Mark saw this was his only chance so he apply he was chosen to go on the trip. Since he really wanted to do it, he had to train and get ready for the dive. Especially since he had to go through a set of training and test before he was sure he would be going on the aquatic adventure.  He had to learn to use the equipment, learn the safety drills and be able to do a set of task with and without a face mask.   Good thing he pass all the tests,  and  was  fit and prepared because if not he was not going to be one of the few who had the opportunity to go on the aquatic adventure.  His overall opinion of the adventure is that it was very interesting he really enjoyed the different task and the only thing that was not so good was the food.  This shows you that anything can happen and when you get an opportunity take it. -Claudia