Food beneath the ocean

Food beneath the ocean

Over the years, deep-sea exploration has had a huge amount of investment and involved many people. All of this has been (17) ________ to society; without it we wouldn't have such devices as underwater cameras or sonar equipment today. There have been countless (18) ________ in many aspects of underwater travel but advances made to food consumed below water have been (19) ________ slow. Most early suggestions for the (20) ________ of food for divers were unacceptable, for example compressing their fresh daily meals and mixing them with liquid enriched with vitamins. The freeze-dried foods they did initially consume would doubtlessly have been regarded as totally (21) ________ by those of us on land. Today the (22) ________ of the Atlantic Research Station fortunately have a more appetising diet, since the larger habitat which is now being used (23) ________ them to take tinned foods and flexible pouches containing meat and vegetables. However, despite this, their food still remains limited, due to the (24) ________ challenges often encountered with high water pressure and the necessity for food to be sterile.