In Florida’s panhandle, site of Wakulla Springs’ mysterious waters, Wild Chronicles host Boyd Matson puts his life on the line. Boyd dives into this underwater labyrinth of caves, a Swiss cheese of tunnels and flowing springs, where it’s all too easy to get lost.
Join Boyd and the team attempting to generate the world’s first digital, three-dimensional map of an underwater cave system.
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Cave diving is sometimes called the "world's most dangerous sport." How many divers have died in Florida's underwater labyrinth?
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More than 300 people have died while cave-diving in Florida.
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How much does Boyd's gear weigh?
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Boyd drags 125 pounds of gear to Ginnie Springs, a less dangerous spot for cave-diving than Wakulla Springs.
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How do Mark and Jill, the cave divers, collect data for the 3D map?
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Mark and Jill descend with a large piece of equipment that pings the walls of the spring with sonar. This sonar data helps create an accurate, three-dimensional map of Wakulla Springs.
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underground chamber that opens to the surface. Cave entrances can be on land or in water.
having to do with numbers (or digits), often in a format used by computers.
to create or begin.
symbolic representation of selected characteristics of a place, usually drawn on a flat surface.
small flow of water flowing naturally from an underground water source.
having the appearance of width, height, and depth.
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