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Alert Diver is the dive industry’s leading publication. Featuring DAN’s core content of dive safety, research, education and medical information, each issue is a must-read reference, archived and shared by passionate scuba enthusiasts. In addition, Alert Diver showcases fascinating dive destinations and marine environmental topics through images from the world’s greatest underwater photographers and stories from the most experienced and eloquent dive journalists in the business.
Alert Diver is the dive industry’s leading publication. Featuring DAN’s core content of dive safety, research, education and medical information, each issue is a must-read reference, archived and shared by passionate scuba enthusiasts. In addition, Alert Diver showcases fascinating dive destinations and marine environmental topics through images from the world’s greatest underwater photographers and stories from the most experienced and eloquent dive journalists in the business.
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Interactive activities and<br />
up-close animal encounters<br />
are what make Frost Science<br />
successful at sparking an<br />
interest in science and<br />
conservation. Experiences like<br />
these may not be the same as<br />
Dehart’s wild shark sighting as<br />
a child at Looe Key, but having<br />
the opportunity to see and<br />
learn from an animal<br />
ambassador at a place like Frost<br />
Science can lead to further<br />
engagement in the future. Frost<br />
Science is on track to surpass<br />
1 million visitors in its first year.<br />
Quantifying revenue in ticket<br />
sales is easy, but it’s nearly<br />
impossible to estimate the value<br />
of creating interest and support<br />
for conservation. Imagine the<br />
difference that 1 million people<br />
who care about sustainable<br />
fishing or shark conservation<br />
could make for our ocean.<br />
My visit to Frost Science<br />
ended on the bottom floor,<br />
called the Deep. After first<br />
passing a virtual-reality screen<br />
depicting a simulated marine<br />
mammal interaction, complete<br />
with sound, and then observing<br />
several species of ghostly jellies<br />
drifting through the water in<br />
three separate receptacles, I<br />
was finally under the oculus,<br />
a 31-foot lens that forms the<br />
bottom half of the Gulf Stream<br />
Aquarium. Standing under the<br />
oculus as the South Florida<br />
sunlight shone through the<br />
water while sharks, rays and<br />
fish cruised overhead, I was<br />
reminded of a view that’s<br />
normally enjoyed only by divers.<br />
Frost Science can give a<br />
rewarding glimpse of the<br />
underwater world to those who<br />
have not experienced what it’s<br />
like to be there firsthand, and I<br />
hope it will inspire appreciation<br />
for and awe of these fragile<br />
marine environments. <strong>AD</strong><br />
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