Ep 488: Submarine Diving The Great Blue Hole Update - Erika Bergman
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2019
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
Erika Bergman is a submarine pilot, engineer, and a National Geographic Explorer. We talked with her back in episode 427 about taking Sir Richard Branson and Fabien Cousteau (grandson of famed ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau) on a submarine adventure into the depth of Belize's Great Blue Hole.
The mission was successfully completed back in December and we're having her recount the adventure today!
In 2013 she received a National Geographic Explorers grant for her "Classrooms Under the Sea" expedition which live-streamed submarine expeditions to classrooms. She's a superb storyteller with many interesting tales and accomplishments to share!
She is also the Founder of GEECs - Global Engineering & Exploration Counselors; providing a network of thrilling engineering camps to girls around the world.
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| 0:00.0 | at what's called the north entrance to the hole. It's a, it's a big gap in the reef. |
| 0:04.9 | And it's pretty clear that poor little unsuspecting conks have been crawling over the edge of |
| 0:11.1 | the hole so often that there's thousands of them down there. |
| 0:19.4 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast where we talk to athletes, adventurers, and business owners from around the world of adventure sports. |
| 0:27.8 | Whether you're climbing Mount Everest, starting a bike shop, or getting up off your couch to take your kids hiking for the first time, |
| 0:34.5 | we want you to have the motivation and inspiration you need to chase that |
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| 1:03.5 | Hey, everyone. |
| 1:04.7 | It is Monday. |
| 1:10.3 | Hope you did something adventure sports podcast worthy over the weekend. |
| 1:20.0 | I didn't, so did a little work, but it is currently five degrees and snowing like crazy. |
| 1:22.5 | So it didn't really feel like going out. |
| 1:28.5 | But today's episode is quite literally the opposite of that. |
| 1:31.9 | It is underwater with Erica Bergman. |
| 1:50.2 | If you remember back in early October, we had her on, she was getting ready to do, to dive submarine, actually, take a literally a small three-seater submarine with richard branson yes that richard branson and fabian custo which is jacquesstos's grandson so if you're familiar with the |
| 1:58.3 | diver the the very famous j Cousteau, his grandson. |
| 2:03.6 | So it's pretty cool. |
| 2:04.6 | Erica got to take them to the bottom of the Belize blue hole, which is this sinkhole in the middle of this reef. |
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