BRIAN KAKUK
CAVE EXPLORER
ABACO, BAHAMA
After 9 years of working as a civillian contract diver for the U.S. Navy's Atlantic Underwater Test and Evaluation Center (AUTEC), Brian left military research and development diving and moved to the Exuma Cays to take the position of Diving Safety Officer for the Caribbean Marine Research Center on Lee Stocking Island. The caves and deep wall dives in the Exuma Cays proved to be challenging and a perfect environment to learn the scientific significance of the underwater world in the Bahamas.
Recently, Brian has been guiding, teaching, exploring and conducting research dives in the caves throughout the Bahamas, all while working in the feature film industry as a Diving Safety Officer. The list of films he has worked on are:
INTO THE BLUE - Filmed in Nassau, Bahamas - Premiers in September 2005
THE CAVE - Filmed in Bucharest, Romania, and Quintana Roo, Mexico - Premiers in August 2005
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 2 AND 3 - Currently being filmed on Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas - Premier dates to be announced
Brian's environmental and conservation efforts have earned him a reputation within the Bahamas governmental ministries and environmental NGO's as an expert in blue hole and underwater cave environments of the Bahamas.
One of his discoveries has led to a joint project between the Bahamas Caves Research Foundation, The Bahamas National Museum and the Florida Natural History Museum at the University of Florida in Gainesville. This find has been dubbed by some researchers as the most significant fossil find ever in the Bahamas, and possibly in the Caribbean. The project known as the Sawmill Sink Project, has revealed more than 18 fresh water crocodile skulls, six tortoise shells (a completely new species never before known to science) as well as the remains of birds, snakes and bats.
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