Dokken does live webcast... underwater May 3, 2000--200 miles east of Galveston, 90 miles offshore and 60 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico: Dr. Quenton Dokken, associate director of the Center for Coastal Studies at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, served as the underwater host for the education special, "Rivers to the Ocean" aired to schoolchildren over the internet. Sporting scuba gear and oxygen tanks, Dokken operated 60 feet below the surface, around the legs of an offshore platform, identifying life common to the Gulf of Mexico. The event was sponsored by a grant to the Science Academy of Austin and the Austin Independent School District from the Texas Education Agency. The special was produced by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Houston Public Broadcasting Affiliate, KUHT-TV, was instrumental in providing on-screen graphics and video photographs that were aired over the web. Thousands of school children from Texas and other states were able to interact with Dokken during his two underwater dives and ask questions by way of a moderator situated on the BP Amoco gas production platform. According to TPW producers, this may well have been the first time anyone has gone live over the web from underwater.		Quenton Dokken explores the legs of an offshore oil platform during a live underwater webcast.