Here’s how you’re free to have this once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Air bubbles billow to the surface and seemingly burst in time with the music.
“Face to face, out in the heat.
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Hanging tough, staying hungry,” croons Dave Bickler over the speakers.
Fox was a keen diver before the attack but became increasingly fearful of open water afterward.
The movie was a box-office hit but a public relations disaster for sharks.
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A dorsal fin starts to circle the boat nearly an hour after we drop the cage.
“Who wants to be the appetizer?”
Within minutes, Im in a wetsuit and climbing down the ladder into the cage.
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Soon, more sharks join us until I count half a dozen great whites circling above and below me.
Despite the funny names, theres araw power and majesty to these animals, too.
The next four days pass by in a blur of bubbles.
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