Friday, 2 – 5 p.m. | CEU: 0.2 [G #6608 4.9]
New Orleans' Aquarium of the Americas is among the nation's top aquariums, celebrating its 17th anniversary this year. Despite escaping Hurricane Katrina with little physical damage, the Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans suffered significant loss of animal life when the facility's emergency generator failed and made conditions unlivable for most its animals. The aquarium has come a very long way in a short time, to the delight of its more than 12 million annual visitors. Get an in-depth behind the scenes look at the systems that keep the aquarium up and functioning.