On 9 June 2023, in Key Largo, Florida Keys, Dr Joseph Dituri emerged from the sea after spending a world-record-breaking 100 days underwater.
He began his mission on 1 March, living at the Jules’ Undersea Lodge, intending to inspire future science scholars, conduct science with others and work on projects related to his traumatic brain injury.
‘To explore anything new always results in personal and professional discoveries,’ News24 reported him saying.
‘This experience has changed me in important ways, and my greatest hope is that I have inspired a new generation of explorers and researchers to push past all boundaries.’
While breaking the world record, he engaged with more than 5 500 students in 12 different countries and conducted 124 online interactions.
His research looked at ‘how the human body and mind reacts to, or copes with, being in an isolated, confined extreme (ICE) environment for an extended time.’
Twelve medical doctors conducted routine testing on his heart rate, ear pressure, brain waves, blood pressure, urine, oxygen saturation and muscle measuring. They found that he shrunk by more than a centimetre and his REM increased to between 60-66%, compared to 40% before the experiment.
Plans are in place to share his findings at the World Extreme Medical Conference in Scotland in November.
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