[Frag Hag]

Per Breitbart.com:

An Australian marine biologist on Wednesday began an unusual feat he hopes will prove a point about sustainability -- he will live underwater for two weeks.

Lloyd Godson, 29, believes he can survive inside his airtight steel box by growing algae to produce oxygen and to eat, and by riding a stationary bike to generate electricity.

"I've always liked a challenge and I couldn't have picked a bigger one than this," he told ABC radio.

"To build and live in your own underwater house -- that's pretty cool."

Godson will spend two weeks inside the nine cubic metre box on the bottom of a lake near Albury, on the Victoria and New South Wales state border.

Removing carbon dioxide from the cell's atmosphere and producing oxygen from algae will be the most difficult elements of the experiment, during which Godson will also undergo psychological and physical testing.

"We've got some gas monitors and back-up air supplies to make sure that the air quality stays at a high standard," he said.

"If it doesn't, then that's when I'll implement my back-up strategy."

For entertainment he will be able to surf the Internet and play some drums he has taken into his underwater lair.

Back on land, a team of divers and volunteers will monitor his movements.

Godson is not the first to carry out such a feat, as similar experiments were carried out by NASA bio-engineers in the 1990s.

"The thing that differentiates this project from a lot of other underwater habitat programmes is that it's not a billion or a million dollar programme and it's not using conventional methods," he told Australian Associated Press.

"There's a lot of unknowns, that's the excitement factor for me."

Godson said he has long been interested in sub-sea habitats and submersibles and he was looking forward to the peace and quiet of his underwater sanctuary.

"Compared to out here, it'll be a refuge from the last couple of days. I want to just get in there and get on my little camping bed and take it easy for a while," he said.



The man is obviously a parent of multiple teenagers, because after a "stimulating" day with mine, I'm ready for the airtight steel box at the bottom of a lake.

Wonder if there would be room for a blender and a bottle of tequila?

Shay