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Started by Lloyd Godson November 22nd, 2011

Underwater Superhero Headquarters

BioSub Man

Tik, a real-life underwater superhero, contacted Lloyd Godson (aka BioSub Man) after watching this video on Youtube about his BioSub Project. Tik was looking for someone to help him design, build and operate his underwater superhero headquarters.

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Underwater Superhero Headquarters

The Project

The project is a parntership between Australian Aquanaut Lloyd Godson (http://about.me/lloydgodson) and Cees den Toom of Scuba Academie (http://scuba-academie.nl/) in The Netherlands.

The aim of the project is to establish a globally unique underwater research, education and outreach facility in the Vinkeveense Plassen, a freshwater lake area in The Netherlands.

The facility will serve as the international headquarters for real-life underwater superhero, Tik, and his fishy friend, Bubbles.
Tik and Bubbles will encourage young people to discover, explore and protect our planet’s freshwater and marine ecosystems. They will inspire young people to change the world through action and enable them to follow their dreams.
A long-term goal of the project is for the underwater superhero headquarters to become an environmentally friendly and completely autonomous unit in terms of energy. This goal will be achieved by using off-grid renewable and alternative energy systems.
The project will empower our next generation to become philanthropic, proactive and compassionate stewards of our blue planet.

The Project Leader

Australian marine scientist and Aquanaut, Lloyd Godson will lead the project.

Lloyd has led two Australian Geographic Society sponsored expeditions: The BioSUB Project and Life Amphibious.
His BioSUB Project was the winning entry in the Australian Geographic $50,000 “Live your dream” Wildest Adventure Competition.
Lloyd completed The BioSUB Project in 2007 and won the coveted Australian Geographic Adventurer of the Year award. He lived for 12 days in the world's first underwater habitat incorporating a plant-based life support system.
For his Life Amphibious expedition in 2009, Lloyd used the Omer 6 human-powered submarine to propel himself underwater through the Greek Islands. The submarine featured a biology inspired design, resembling a penguin, as the means of propulsion.
In March 2010, Lloyd launched the LEGOLAND Deutschland Year of Records 2010 by living in an underwater house in the ATLANTIS by SEA LIFE aquarium for 14 days. The project featured on National Geographic Channel’s ‘City Under the Sea’ documentary and was awarded a silver medal at the Econ Awards in Germany in the category “PR-Activity”.
Lloyd has lived a total of 624 hours underwater and is the Guinness World Records™ holder for the most electricity generated by human power underwater (achieved at LEGOLAND ATLANTIS by SEA LIFE, LEGOLAND Deutschland®, Günzburg, Germany)