2012 Week 1

Today we got to sleep in quite a bit earlier than the previous days here in the Virgin Gorda. I got up and made tea for myself and my cabin mates: Joe Payne and Matt Mills. But after our late rise it was right to the marina where we ate our pineapple and were immediately on the move to...

Today I woke up with a sigh. I walked outside only to see the sun rising one last time over the horizon. The crystal blue waters shining below. Under my breathe, I could hear myself saying, "If only I could stay." That's right, today is our last day in the British Virgin Islands. It is going to be very...

On the 2nd day at BVI, I woke up and took a shower like I did on the first full day. After the shower the truck pick us up and took us to olde yard. At olde yard, we ate breakfast which consisted of banana bread and fruit. After breakfast was over, Laura taught us about the fish we...

Here are a few action shots from our classroom portion of the 2012 Marine Biology Program! Great shot of some of our "Seniors" Working together on Invertebrate Evolution The World at their Fingertips... Exploring the Starfish Starfish Dissection Squid Dissection

Today was the day that we got to dive the wreck of the RMS Rhone! Like every other day I was ready to get out there and dive right away. We woke up at about 7:45, drove to the dive shop, and ate breakfast. After this we headed out immediately. We went over to salt island where just off...

Today started out with an early wake up call from the chickens just down the way. It was just before six o'clock and both of my roommates were just waking up as well. We all sat out on our deck, that is much cooler than our rooms inside by the way, and just relaxed until we had to go...

Today we snorkeled in savannah bay, I thought the small coral environments were the best to experience the majority of species. I saw all different types of fish, corals, and sponges from the beautiful loud eating parrot fish to the millions of spiky sea urchins hiding in the rocks. The coolest fish was the grey ray I...

Marine biology. That is the name of the class that excites me. Many many friends I have in this class. These people know a lot, but others need lots of assistance understanding this complex material, like this kid named Matt Mills (see figure below). I, being as knowledgable as I already am, must assist this helpless child. I teach...

After the long flight last night, I woke up tired at 6:30 this morning to the awesome view you see above. I quickly got ready and went down to the street to go to breakfast. There, we met our guides. They introduced us to life on the island. We then went through a fairly routine lecture about coral transplanting,...