What is your name? Dave Simms

What is your job on the ship? Shipboard Scientific Services Technician

How long have you worked on Atlantis? 22 dog years (4 1/3 human years)

Where are you from? Seminole, Texas

What is the most unusual thing you have seen on a cruise? White hydrothermal chimneys that had never been seen by man before.

What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten? Squid, octopus, sea urchin eggs…normal. Liver — now that’s strange!

What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you? I was paralyzed once for a brief time in an accident.

If you didn’t have this job, what would be your next job of choice? Driving tourist submarines.

What’s the hardest thing you’ve ever had to endure? Working at night in cold, windy, rainy weather at sea.

Where’s the coolest place you have ever been? Why? Underneath the ocean. Whether I’m swimming, SCUBA diving, or in some type of submarine, there’s always something interesting and exciting to see.