2012 Week 2

Above: a group of hardworking students researches sea fans and sea whips What have we learned today so far? - How climate change can effect coral reefs and the surrounding wildlife - the ethical issues involved in whaling and the excuses some groups give for whaling

The fourth day at the BVI was a lot of fun. It was different than the other days we had experienced. We didn't meet up for breakfast at the Olde Yard but this time we met at the docking station beside the boats. We had breakfast near there and set off for a two tank dive that was planned.The...

Today I was woken by 3 chickens, balking at me through the panels of my room at 6:45. After that we went down to the cattle guard (the section of ground cut away with bars on top so cattle can't walk on it) and waited for our taxi. We got to the Olde Yard, ate breakfast and did and...

Today as we woke up, we all knew it was going to be a great day. Seeing as we needed to get to the Rhone crash sight as soon as possible, breakfast today was light and on the dock. We sunscreened up and were off to the dive sight. We arrived about thirty minutes later after a quick boat...

Interesting last few days in the BVI. On tuesday we woke up with an early 7:45 rise to start our last day. We then headed upto our teachers' cabin where we had a light breakfast. It was the first time we were instructed not to bring our diving gear out with us. And instead of Glen giving us a...

This morning, to the bafflement of my ears, I was awaken by not Mr. Kirby's soothing voice, but Rihanna's "We Found Love" blaring from his iPad. However, apart from this oddity today was the best day in the BVI yet. First as usual, we started the day with some mouthwatering bacon-infused breakfast. Laura, one of our many talented dive...

This is my good friend Gavin Patterson. Today we learned about whaling. Whales killed by whaling are often used for science, then sold commercially.

Today I woke up pretty early, around 6:30am and got a good start to the day. I dreaded getting up early but it was not too bad. We then went to breakfast and Laura gave a lecture on different types of fish and coral species that we would see later today. After the lecture we drove over to Savannah...

Another great day. Although we woke up early, we were not as early as the other cabins because we were actually on time to leave in the taxi. From there we walked down to catch the taxi to go eat breakfast where we were treated with some delicious bacon. After breakfast, Laura taught the group about fish identification where...