Emily Greenhalgh: Science Writer
 
And, sadly, we have reached the end.  It's the final exam day of my AAUS science diver training at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS). Read about the whole thing on the BIOS Research Blog!
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Science Diver Training - The Final Exam

Now… when Alex said we were having a “practical” final exam for our dive class on Friday morning, we all assumed we’d doing a dive during which he would test our skills.

When we got on the boat and headed back to the site of the Mari Boeing reefing, that line of logic still made sense. In fact, it made sense until we got to the bottom and Alex handed each of us a clipboard and a pencil… WITH A TEST ATTACHED...

 
 
So close to the end of my AAUS science diving certification at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS).  You can check it out on the BIOS Research Blog
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Science Diver Training - Day 7
After a relatively quiet morning taking tests and re-learning how to use dive tables (all but one of us have dive computers), I think everyone assumed Thursday was going to be a pretty easy/slow day.

Boy, were we wrong! Search and rescue training commenced after lunch.

This time we weren’t running slow search patterns for beer bottles and cinderblocks, it was time to learn what to do in an actual emergency...