By Scott Neil
August 28. 2006
[quote]A project to film the mysterious world of Bermuda’s underwater caves has begun.
Three cave diving friends are plunging into the labyrinth network of underwater tunnels and caverns that lie mostly hidden away in undisturbed corners of the Island. A degree of Government-backing has been given to the venture, which intends to create an interactive DVD documentary to be used as a resource for schools, other cave divers and those simply intrigued to know what lies beneath.
Bermudian Bruce Williams is leading the project with Bermuda Cavers Group diving partners Allan Beales and Paul Larrett.
Experimental film footage from some of caves has already been captured using high-powered underwater lights and video camera. It is likely to take more than two years to complete all the filming and edit the footage into the DVD interactive format, but it is a project that Mr. Williams, 48, believes will be of value to today’s and future generations of Bermuda residents.
“We need to create a better awareness among our children and ourselves about our caves; about the rare endemic species that live there and about the water quality,â€