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A scientist surfaced yesterday after spending almost two weeks under water in a steel box, pedalling a stationary bicycle to generate electricity and growing algae to convert carbon dioxide into oxygen.
Lloyd Godson, a marine biologist, had been five metres (16ft) down on the bottom of a lake near Albury in southeastern Australia since April 5. Before he was hauled up Mr Godson, 29, said: “I will be glad to get out in the sunshine and fresh air again. I have had thoughts of running like Forrest Gump and not stopping.”
Living inside a bright yellow capsule that he called the BioSUB and which measured only 6 sq m (65sq ft), the scientist was on a quest to see whether Man could live under water naturally. He breathed air provided by a coil of algae watered with his own urine and pedalled a bike connected to a generator to produce electricity.
(Emphasis mine.)