2013 Marine Bio II

Day 5 and 6 Great last two days in the BVI. Yesterday, the day started with an early morning rise as usual. We had breakfast at the Marina in Casey's office which consisted of bagels, cereal, and fruit. After that, we headed toward the boats and assembled our gear. We also loaded the cinder blocks onto the boat which would...

I couldn't sign up fast enough for marine biology two. What better way to combine my love for the natural world with the knowledge and learning of Jesuit Biology class? There is none. I wholeheartedly plan on taking full advantage of this excellent trip. This week I solidified my core coral knowledge, realized that Mr. Kirby and Doc are both...

Once we had a long day of traveling, Christian, Chris, Alex and I finally got to our wonderful room at the Guavaberry resort. In the room we had some nice snack and Gatorade waiting for us after being in an airport for a near day. In the morning we woke up at seven and got ready for the breakfast...

Yesterday was a great day. I was excited about yesterday because I was able to set my cinder block structure down in the Jesuit reef. It was nice to know that I was helping the reef by putting my creation down there. Moving the cinder blocks took a lot of effort though. In order to move the heavy...

Today was a great day that started off with a wonderful breakfast at Casey's office. I had an apple and an apple juice to get myself prepped for the two tank dive today. The two tank dive is where we went on two consecutive dives one after the other with two separate tanks at two separate sites. The first...

Today, after Andrew and I struggled for ten minutes to get Killian up, we headed down to Guavaberry's commissary and ate a wonderful breakfast provided by Casey. As we ate this feast of yogurt and chocolate donuts, we watched Dr. Shannon Gore's presentation on the turtles of the BVI. In this presentation we discovered that there are four different...

I signed up for marine biology two for many reasons. I signed up because I learned so much last year and had a good time on the trip. I look forward to learning more this summer and going on another amazing trip with my class. This week started by learning about coral which included making a psa video about...

After being awoken by Dr. Gruninger and hopping in the shower, I found my body going into a hypothermic state for newbie Nick Byrne had once again pulled a rookie move and had taken all of the hot water. I shrugged off this small inconvenience and headed to a breakfast full of enormous donuts. After breakfast we went to...

Today, we woke up and met at the cattle guard waiting for Glenn, our taxi driver, to take us to the docks for breakfast. After a fantastic cereal and pop tart breakfast, we loaded our gear onto the boats and we headed to Wreck Alley for our two tank dive. The boat ride was about 20 minutes but it...