We’ve been focused on sea kayaking and skin diving on our two courses in the south of Thailand, but I wonder if we should see about getting a couple of these…

Pedal powered submarine

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.

Go here to read his blog, and catch up on their current plans.  The novelty aside, if they can pull this off the amount of scientific data about the oceans they would gather would be significant.