Teen Scuba Diver Chases All Seven Continents

Most kids are just getting over their fear of cooties at age 11. Others have slightly more innate ambition.

Mostly nerves.

That's what then 11-year-old Evan Bozanic felt as the boat neared Antarctica.

"I heard stories about how dangerous it was," says Evan, now 13, of Fountain Valley. "I wanted to see if it was that bad."

In a way, he'd been training for this since he was a four-month-old infant.

That's when he first submerged underwater in an open bell helmet Dad designed. Early on, Evan learned to swim and snorkel and scuba dive.

Now he hoped to become the youngest person ever to dive off Antarctica.

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