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Biologist’s Log: July 5, 2013  Today SeaTrek’s Director of Marine Science, Angie Cowan said her goodbyes as she headed off to run the very first FATHOMS Bahamas voyage (continued…) Today the FATHOMS 1 students will pack their bags and meet up with the main SeaTrek program students for a fun night of socializing over pizza […]

Biologist’s Log: July 4, 2013 First off, Happy Independence Day! Well, it’s officially our last full day out on the water (continued…) We started it off right with a student-led dive at Rainbow Canyon on Pelican Island. The students loved the dive and thought it was the perfect last dive for the voyage. After the […]

Biologist’s Log: July 3, 2013 Today we were up bright and early to get underway and dive one of the Caribbean’s very best wreck dives, the stern section of the R.M.S. Rhone! (continued…) The site is also important because it helped to establish sport diving in the BVI. It was also declared the Virgin Islands’ […]

Biologist’s Log – July 2, 2013 After breakfast we headed to Ginger Island for a morning dive at one of our favorite sites called “Alice in Wonderland.” (continued…) Due to its isolated location and sometimes challenging conditions, we don’t get to dive there very often. But today was an exception, as conditions were great. This […]

Biologist’s Log – July 1, 2013 We woke up in Leverick Bay, topped off the water tanks and headed for Vixen Point in the North Sound of Virgin Gorda (continued…) There we enjoyed some shore time and beach games with the other main program boats. We had a nice game of flag football and volleyball […]

This morning we woke up and hiked the Savannah Saddle, a short hike from the leeward to the windward side of Virgin Gorda (continued…) Along the trail we discussed the physical, geological and biological differences between the two sides of the island. We explored a salt pond/mud flat area and the rocky shore/intertidal zone—along with […]

This morning we woke up and hiked the Savannah Saddle, a short hike from the leeward to the windward side of Virgin Gorda (continued…) Along the trail we discussed the physical, geological and biological differences between the two sides of the island. We explored a salt pond/mud flat area and the rocky shore/intertidal zone—along with […]

I continue to be amazed at the amount of fun AND learning we are able to cram into a single day, and today was no exception. We woke up early and headed to Wreck Alley near Cooper Island. Today was the first dive included in our Marine Heritage Awareness Specialty Course. The wreck we dove […]

I continue to be amazed at the amount of fun AND learning we are able to cram into a single day, and today was no exception. We woke up early and headed to Wreck Alley near Cooper Island. Today was the first dive included in our Marine Heritage Awareness Specialty Course. The wreck we dove […]

After a morning discussion/activity on plankton, algal blooms and water quality, students prepped for a dive at a unique site called Catacombs (continued…) Catacombs is located on Great Camanoe Island. After the dive we headed to Trellis Bay to meet back up with Aragorn, the farmer we met earlier in the week. He’s also an […]