Alec Sellick '13

I never thought this day would come, the last day of the trip...Today started normally at 8:30 on the main road waiting for our taxi. The taxi took us to the marina for breakfast and then we went off to work! Community service was fun, we had some quality bonding time with our classmates. We painted a shed, cleaned...

Today was a short lived dive day, 50 minutes total. It all started at 8:20 when Mr. Kirby woke my cabin up during a rainstorm. My sheets were soaked (due to the rain) and our cabin was very wet. We shut the blinds to avoid more rain, amd skurried down to the main road to make our 8:30 taxi...

Today was a whirlwind! It all started at 8AM when Will's Iphone alarm went off and awoke the cabin. We made our way down to the taxi to head the the marina for a quick bite to eat and head straight to the boat for two tank dives. We our first dive took place at Wreck of the Rhone,...

Today began at 7:30, as Connor Beach and I were awoken by Will's Iphone alarm. We were the first group down to the main road, so we do not have to wake up the group tomorrow. We then took our usual taxi to the Ole' Yard Village for breakfast and a lesson on fish identification and transecting practice lead...

Today started a little later than yesterday, seeming as I got to bed around an hour and a half earlier, and woke up thirty minutes later. We began the day with a coral introduction by Sam. She talked about the negative impacts on coral and how we can preserve it. After that, Andrew talked to us about the different...

Today started bright and early at 6:55 when our anoying alarm clock buzzed uncontrollably. When then went down to the main entrance to our condos and were lead by Sam and Andrew to the office lead by Tina. Next we went to breakfast and we got a briefing introduction from all of the instructors. Soonafter that, Casey went over...

On this final day in class we were lead in discussion by our classmates. The first article explained blenny fish may have been the bridge between origin of life in the water moving to land. The blenny fish has a vascular layer of skin to transfuse air into their lungs, so they can stay on land for a period...

Today in class we learned about echolocation in dolphins, the nervous system in a dogfish shark, and effects of temperature on Elkhorn coral. Dolphins use clicks to sense where its prey is and make a more precise assumption on where it may move. They increase their number of clicks per second as they close in on their prey to...

Today, we learned about mimic octapus, effects of ecotourism on white sharks, and we dissected a dogfish shark. The mimic octapus uses camoflauge and the ability to mimic certain marine life to protect itself from predators. It can mimic the likes of a flounder, sea snake, or even a lion fish, using its arms and tentacles. In an article...