Juergensen Marine Inc. is a USA rebreather

Rebreather

A rebreather is a type of breathing set that provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycled exhaled gas. This recycling reduces the volume of breathing gas used, making a rebreather lighter and more compact than an open-circuit breathing set for the same duration in environments where...

 gear manufacturer. It was founded in 1996 by Kevin Juergensen. It is an important maker of modern diving rebreather

Rebreather

A rebreather is a type of breathing set that provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycled exhaled gas. This recycling reduces the volume of breathing gas used, making a rebreather lighter and more compact than an open-circuit breathing set for the same duration in environments where...

s including modern electronic-controlled fully closed-circuit

Rebreather

A rebreather is a type of breathing set that provides a breathing gas containing oxygen and recycled exhaled gas. This recycling reduces the volume of breathing gas used, making a rebreather lighter and more compact than an open-circuit breathing set for the same duration in environments where...

 rebreathers.

Kevin Juergensen

Kevin Juergensen is a filmmaker, diver, inventor and scuba equipment manufacturer. As a Diver, he was one of the very first rebreather divers in the modern rebreather era (1995), and logged hundreds of dives using the Mark 16 rebreather which Juergensen Marine makes, while producing over 27 underwater wildlife documentaries for the Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel

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. He is the recipient of the International Wildlife Film Festival lifetime achievement award, and also was selected (along with Al Gore and Jacques Cousteau) as one of the Wyland Foundation "Who's Who"

He founded Juergensen Marine, Inc. in 1996, and Juergensen Defense Corporation in 2006. Juergensen Marine is one of the "Founding Companies" of the modern rebreather industry.

He hold Patents for the Display Integrated Vibrating Alarm (US Patent No. 7,628,153) and Patents Pending for several other Rebreather Innovations.

His company, Juergensen Marine, has over 2000 Control systems incorporated into rebreathers worldwide, and his sister company, Juergensen Defense currently conducts business with the US Navy, NATO, Korea, Turkey, and Greece.

The corporate headquarters are located in Addison, Pennsylvania, which also contains the Private Airport PS27 known as "Juergensen Airpark and Maritime Facility" under FAA registration.

Producer career

Juergensen began producing films in 1976, his filmography includes such series work as “An Everyman’s Guide to the Planets” hosted by Joseph Campanella, The Practical Guide to the Universe starring actor Tom Selleck

Tom Selleck

Thomas William "Tom" Selleck is an American actor, and film producer. He is best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum on the 1980s television show Magnum, P.I.. He also plays Police Chief Jesse Stone in a series of made-for-TV movies based on the Robert B....

, and Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

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 starring actor Dan Aykroyd

Dan Aykroyd

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Filmography

Film

Title	Year	Broadcasted by
The Dreams of Bobbie Vee	1977	Independent
Dance of Death	1978	Independent
Telephone	1978	Independent
Orchestrated Art	1976	Independent
King Kodak	1980	NBC
In a New Light	1981	PBS
Earthquake!	1982	PBS
The Inner Planets - Fire and Ice	1984	TLC
Earth to Mars, the Next Frontier	1984	TLC
The Gas Giants	1984	TLC
Frozen Worlds at the Outer Limits	1984	TLC
A Natural Balance	1986	PBS
The Beginning of Time	1991	Discovery + International
Our Closest Neighbors	1991	Discovery + International
Asteroid!	1991	Discovery + International
Stars that Failed	1992	Discovery + International
The Closest Star	1992	Discovery + International
Stars and Star Dust	1992	Discovery + International
Homes of the Stars, Galaxies	1992	Discovery + International
Calling All Planets	1993	Discovery + International
The Time Travelers	1993	Discovery + International
The Universe Around Us	1993	Discovery + International
In Search of the Golden Hammerhead	1994	Discovery + International
Ocean Currents	1994	Discovery + International
The Frozen Island	1995	Discovery + International
Masters of the Sea	1997	Discovery + International
Jurassic Reef	1996	Discovery + International
Search for Atlantis	1993	Discovery + International
Ocean Habitats	1994	Discovery + International
Mystery of the Whale Cave	1996	Discovery + International
Phantoms of the Deep	1997	Discovery + International
Gardens of Stone	1995	International + Discovery
Ocean Habitats	1995	International + Discovery
Mayan Sea	1995	International + Discovery
Shipwreck Graveyards	1995	International + Discovery
Sharks on the Brink of Extinction	1996	International + Discovery
Night Moves	1996	International + Discovery
Ocean Dreamers	1996	International + Discovery
The Latin Seas	1996	International + Discovery
Blue Water Diaries	1997	PBS
Lost Warriors of the South Pacific	1997	PBS
Psi-Factor	1995
Psi-Factor - Chronicles of the Paranormal (88 Episodes)	1996

External links

• http://www.rebreather.us/ Juergensen Marine Inc.
• http://juergensendefense.com/ Juergensen Defense Inc.
• http://www.wylandcleanwaterchallenge.org/index.cfm?mid=5&sid=15 Wyland Foundation Who's Who entry for Kevin Juergensen