Underwater habitat cable wrapped around Dr. Lance Rennka's left wrist, shattering his arm, which he subsequently lost to gas gangrene. In the mid-1980s La Chalupa was transformed into Jules' Undersea Lodge in Key Largo, Florida. Jules' co-developer, Dr. Neil Monney, formerly served as Professor and Director of Ocean Engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy, and has extensive experience as a research scientist, aquanaut and designer of underwater habitats. Jules' has had over 10,000 overnight guests in its 30 years of operation. Today, many certified divers who are interested stay in the Jules' Underwater Lodge, and some who meet the skill and bottom
The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure and 16 pages of color photos, made available by "National Geographic Magazine". The hand-held work in Ektachrome "is the first ever made in significant depths, using artificial light and scientific color correction." The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure The Silent World (subtitle: "A story of undersea discovery and adventure, by the first men to swim at record depths with the freedom of fish") is a 1953 book co-authored by Captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Frédéric Dumas, and edited by James Dugan. Although a French national, Cousteau wrote the book in English. Cousteau and Émile Gagnan designed, built,