Bahamas Mission

National Geographic in the Bahamas

I’m on an expedition in the Bahamas for the next month. We’re utilizing the vessel RV Tiburon  and will be offshore and out of contact. I’ll do my best to keep up the posts if I can reach a 3G network, but we’ll see. Wes Skiles is the DP for the film shoot, which will  produce a television special to be released through National Geographic Television and NOVA next summer. As a producer, I’ll be trying to keep logistics on the rails while diving as underwater grip and second camera. Wes is also shooting an article for National Geographic magazine. Dr. Kenny Broad and Brian Kakuk and I will be using our Megalodon rebreathers for some deep dives on Andros and Dive Rite Nomad sidemount gear for the rest of our work in Abaco and other sites offshore. Tom Morris and Nathan Skiles complete the diving film crew.
We have several scientists, including rebreather diver Dr. Tom Iliffe, on the project. We’ll be recovering human Lucayan Indian remains, taking deep samples of Sahara dust and speleothems that will help illustrate former sea level stands, studying ancient paleo-animals in sinks and caves and working on documentation of biological resources. The show will tell the story of the significance of Bahamian Blue Holes and we hope, will create a public interest in their protection. -- Jill Heinerth

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[jantv student]

Jill wrote: The show will tell the story of the significance of Bahamian Blue Holes and we hope, will create a public interest in their protection.
well i'm not scientist but
i think that it's a priority
the comportments are very
important.