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Casey McKinlay -
słynny eksplorator podwodnego świata z ponad 20 letnim doświadczeniem. Członek organizacji Global Underwater Explorers (GUE). Lista jego osiągnięć jest bardzo długa, należy do niej między innymi projekt Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP). Gdzie wraz z swym przyjacielem Jarrordem Jalonskim pobił kilka rekordów świata m.in na najdłuższą eksplorację jaskiń, która trwała ponad 28 godzin.

Casey McKinlay is a renowned aquatic explorer with more than 20 years of active research and discovery experience. Casey is currently responsible for directing operations for the Woodville Karst Plain Project (WKPP) which is the most active and successful cave diving exploratory project in the world with more than one hundred members. The WKPP recently received a Resolution from Florida Governor Crist and the Florida Cabinet recognizing the project’s 20 year contribution towards underwater cave exploration and its work to protect Wakulla Springs. Casey and his diving partner Jarrod Jablonski hold several cave diving world records including the longest exploration dive into a flooded cave system at more than 5 miles requiring more than 28 hours underwater. Casey serves on the GUE Board of Directors, is a fellow of the Explorers Club and serves as an advisor to the Wakulla Springs Water Quality Working Group and Unit Management Planning Committee, promoting responsible use, study and protection relevant to water quality issues affecting Florida Springs. Casey along with Global Underwater Explorers recently completed 3 cave diving expeditions to mainland China at the invitation of the Chinese government in addition to assisting with ongoing exploration and research projects in the Bahamas and Mexico.

Casey’s professional experience includes various positions within JC Penney-Eckerd Corporation, a Fortune 100 company, from 1997-2004 and his current position as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Halcyon Manufacturing, Inc.; directing daily operations and strategic planning for domestic and worldwide distribution. Casey received an MBA in 1997 at Florida State University and a BS in finance in 1991 at the University of Central Florida.

For more information: www.halcyon.net -- www.gue.com -- www.wkpp.org

Baltictech 2010 presentation by Casey McKinlay:

Exploring the Wakulla – Leon Sinks Cave System: 20 years of the WKPP and the Push for the Ocean

For more than 20 years, Woodville Karst Plain Project Divers have been exploring one of the largest, longest and deepest freshwater cave systems in the world located in Northern Florida. The team, equipment and procedures have been in a constant state of evolution and improvement to meet the challenge of long range, extreme cave exploration in hopes of one day connecting the Wakulla – Leon Sinks Cave System to the ocean. The push for the Ocean is underway in 2010.