2012 Week 2

Group C’s ecotourism article really made me think about the negatives of ecotourism like never before. It brought issues to my attention such as how tourists are not as careful as they should be and how they could really cause damage to the areas they are touring. Group D’s article, taught me about how damaging a species moving...

In this very classroom lies the mysterious creature known as the Antoon. Its scientific name is the ricardian antoonius. He has learned much in his time in marine biology, such as the effects of global warming on marine life and trees as well as the habits of angelfish in the BVI, which are Territorial fish. The Antoon cannot wait...

Day 1: Today started with an early morning, and a little orientation from the owner of guava berry. After the brief orientation we went to breakfast where we met our dive guides, Laura, Casey, Jeff, and Brian. We were given guidelines and rules for diving and for on the boat. We were split up into to groups for each boat,...

Four very interesting articles thus far: 1. The one about ecotourism. Essentially, there's two sides to ecotourism. On one hand, it creates jobs for some people and creates awareness in communities about certain aspects of the environment; this is meant to motivate people to be Eco minded. On the downside, this eco-mindedness rarely lasts long, and sometimes the ecotourists cause more...

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...

Above: Jeff Melsheimer working hard on notes after learning about waves and currents on earth. We have learned about ocean zonation, climate change, and ethical issues involving whaling.

Today was the best dive yet. I got up, and had to upload my blog that I wrote last night, so tucker and I got up a bit early and walked down to the lounge in order to upload. From there we walked back to grab our gear for the rest of the day, and walked back down the...

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...

The basslet fish are no more than 10 cm long, with the male most commonly being larger than the females. This species of fish is found in the western Atlantic and Caribbean areas. The central area of where this fish is located is florida. The twelve members of the basslets I the order of are found in this...