2011

Today we started class with our article project. The article project is where we pick an article and lead the class in a disscussion on it. We started off with and article about butterfly fish and coralreafs lead by alec sims and kells koch. They helped explain to us about how due to coral deplition the butterfly fish are...

The day had started like any other, hot and humid; I stood on the balcony of my house at 5:30 gazing at the world before my feet. Why am I so different? It came to me that the only way to find meaning in my life was to just live it. The sun began to creep over my village...

Yesterday was a long, long day that involed a sprint to the gate, a flight next to a kid who didn't understand the idea of personal space, and an epic boat ride to the island with the lightning blinding us. Today was just as long, but just as fun. My day started at four fourty five with a rooster crowing...

We had a great week with all of the guys from Jesuit.  I think this trip has served everyone involved, myself included, as a wonderful learning opportunity.  It has instilled in the students an appreciation, if not love, for the aquatic environments of our reefs and oceans.  I feel confident that this next generation of responsible, conservation-minded divers will...

This morning we woke up to the sound of raindrops and Mr. Kirby knocking on our door. My roommates and I had slept in. We went down to our taxi to begin the day! We went out to Mountain Point and did a practice dive just to get the hang of where we were going to...

Long annoying day today. Didn't get any sleep last night, my ear infection was too painful. But I was down by the taxi in enough time to make it to breakfast. I didn't eat because my inner ear was so swollen I couldnt open my jaw. I would like to tell you what reef we went to, but unfortunately...

Today felt like I woke up underwater since our day began with an early dive. Our first dive was at Salt Island, where we explored a shipwreck that had been integrated into the reef. The reef was inhabited by parrotfish, box fish, barrel sponges, flamingo tongues, and a variety of other organisms. The second dive was at Cooper's Island...

Today in class, we looked at several different fields in which a Marine Biologist might work. Some of the files we looked at were Ichthyologists, Fishery Biologists, Marine Mammalogists, and several others. The particular scientist that my partner, Will Schneider, and I looked at were Research Scientists. A research scientist is the broadest sense of the...

Today was really fun we had no classroom time, which means a lot more water time. Our first dive was the wreck of the Rhone it was sweet, it was filled with many cool fishes. I must have seen a trumpet fish and billions of others. The coolest part about it was the actual wreckage I love the part...