Harrison Sahm '17
Sixth Day in the BVI: Beach Cleaning
Today we woke up for a great doughnut breakfast. After our breakfast we headed to a beach opposite from Savannah Bay to clean up the beach. I found a large tire we removed from the beach. After a massive rain storm on the beach we went to the marina to go shopping. Then we went to eat lunch...
Fith Day in the BVI: Shipwrecks and Eagle Rays
Today woke up for our last two dives. We went to the lime tree room for breakfast. At 8 we arrived at the marina and got our gear together. After a 30 minute boat ride we arrived at the first dive site. We couldn't dive there because of a strong current. We moved to the next available dive site...
Fourth Day in the BVI: Nurse Sharks and Coral Farms
Today we woke up and ate another muffin breakfast. We boarded our bus to head down to the marina. We washed off our scuba gear loaded 3 tanks for the day and head off to our first dive site. At the first dive site we conducted our final two research experiments and was greeted by a 4 foot long...
Third Day in the BVI: Berracuda and Squid
Today we woke up at 6:20 for our turn to serve breakfast. We had tons of Frosted Flakes and plenty of muffins. After a brief lunch we met our dive leader for a dive briefing at the marina. After we got our plan set we arrived at 3 different dive locations until we found one without a strong current....
Second Day in the BVI: Turtle Tagging and Snorkeling
Another 6:45 wake up to go get breakfast. We headed to the teachers cabin for muffins and amazing eggs and sausage. After a quick meeting we headed de down to the office for a lesson on sea turtles. After this we split into 2 groups my group first went snorkeling for invertebrates. After finding a collection of slugs...
First Day in the BVI
After a full day of travel and a few hours of sleep we were greeted by the sound of roosters. We headed down to get on the bus to go get fresh omelets down by the marina. After being introduced to all of the dive staff we broke up into our dive groups. We boarded the sea dragon and...
Introduction Post
Hi, I'm Harrison Sahm. I will be attending the week one marine biology trip. I am most excited for the hours of scuba diving and snorkeling exploration and learning more about