2013 Marine Bio II

Monday, July 15. 12:30 AM. I've finally put myself to bed, after an intense yet fulfilling week in Dallas, a week marked by long hours lifeguarding and several occasions of socializing, as is usual for this awesome summer. Two and a half hours later, my alarm sounds. I take my packed bags, my father, and and northwest highway, arriving...

Discovery. Adrenaline. Position. Thrust. Contact. Escape. Pursuit. Dismay. So did my single encounter with a lionfish progress today. Once again, I've only managed to injure the infidel, though my conquest continues. Our morning began with a light breakfast but a heavy presentation by Dr. Gore on the state of the turtles in the world and in the Caribbean. Our mission...

I signed up for Marine Biology for the second year for a few reasons; the amazing opportunity to visit a foreign country with your high school class, connect with people living in a completely different world than your own, and further my knowledge of our earth and how it all works together. The opportunity to travel to BVI...

Upon arriving to the BVIs, Killian, Andrew, and I were exhausted, and went to bed after devouring our Max n' Cheese dinner provided to us. However, after Andrew found two spiders climbing on him while he was in bed, we found an enormous Tailless Whip-Tale Scorpion hiding out in a corner of our room. After annihilating the arachnid with...

Yesterday was a late night so we were unable to blog, but here is a quick synopsis of what occurred yesterday. The morning was the same as usual, but then we sank our cinder blocks and helped the marine 1 guys plant coral to them. This was a fun yet challenging activity. We were forced to...

This is my lion tamer. There are many like it, but this one is mine. In fact, this 6-headed spear, or "hunting gig", is my weapon of choice this week as I perpetuate my campaign against the heinous threat to the Caribbean that is the lionfish. I made my first spear today when I was alerted to the existence...

I signed up for marine biology 2 because I was hoping to have as much fun as I did last year. I am looking forward to traveling back to the British Virgin Islands and all the dives we will be participating in. Unfortunately, this trip is not until July; however, in the first week of summer school we reviewed...

The first dive we did today was at wreck ally. Wreck alley is a section of purposely sunken ships off Cooper Island. These four ships were sunken in the late 1900's purposely because of damage to the ships. On this dive our depth was about 85ft which is one of the deepest dive we've done. ...

I signed up for Marine Biology 2 because I could not help but come back to the British Virgin Islands after my breathtaking trip last summer. I'm looking forward to partaking in another adventure with Dive BVI in the Islands again this summer, and tracking the growth of the coral we planted last summer. However, this week, preparing for...