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April 19, 2007

Man Survives 2 Weeks Underwater

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Technology will never cease to amaze me. Can you imagine someone living underwater for 2 weeks. Ok, so the title is a bit deceiving. He was in a sub for 2 weeks. Which for anyone that knows about subs, knows that 2 weeks in a sub is something pretty incredible.

Godson used a system of solar panels and a pedal-powered generator to create electricity and recharge his laptop, and kept an algae garden to absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen for breathing.

“It’s nice to feel the sunshine on the face and the breeze here,” Godson told reporters after emerging from the 10-foot-long sub, which was submerged in a lake in the eastern Australian town of Albury. “You start to get a bit of cabin fever, but … I thought it was going to drive me a bit more nuts than it did.”

Godson had to recycle his own urine and waste, but a team of divers delivered food and drinking water to the sub, including fruit, nuts and a homemade lasagna. An “Easter shark” swam by with a supply of chocolate eggs, according to local media reports.

For entertainment, Godson watched videos on his laptop and used a wireless Internet connection to communicate with schoolchildren from around the world.

I’m not sure about this guys motive, but he definitely taught me something about what is possible.

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One response to "Man Survives 2 Weeks Underwater"

  1. # lyndonmaxewell commented on April 23rd, 2007:

    Seems like people love to venture out into the impossible these days. True it speaks alot about their spirits, but it does little to prove anything else other than that. What do you think?

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