2013 Week 2

The day started out with breakfast and a presentation about the different types of sea turtles we can find in the BVI. It was a brief, yet very informative presentation by Dr. Shannon Gore. After the presentation was finished, we went to Savannah Bay to snorkel and learn about different types of invertebrates. It was both a fun and...

After waking up, we headed to the internet room for a debriefing on sea turtles my group, team sea monkey, headed to savannah bay for a lesson and snorkel with invertebrates while in the fringing reef, we saw many types of invertebrates and a huge porcupine fish. After that, we headed to the marina for a burger lunch. My...

I slept very well two nights ago because of the turtle catching the day before. I woke up at around 7:15 and met everyone by the cattle guard at 7:45. At around 8 our taxi came and we all hopped on to go directly to the marina to eat breakfast. For breakfast I had some fruit loops, a nature...

Today started off around 6:45. I woke up and listened to music for a little bit and got my bag packed and ready for the day. We met up at the gate entrance at 7:45 and walked down to the Internet lounge for breakfast. It was all the same food as yesterday but also large donuts. It was very...

I am going to be writing over two days so it might be a little long. Yesterday we woke up and had a 8 o'clock bus to catch to the marina for a full day of diving. The dive was where wewere going to find coral fragments to plant. We found six pieces almost immediately and we were...

Video footage of our time at the beautiful Savannah Bay and Turtle Tagging with Dr. Gore!

I just wanted to start this blog off with a HUGE thanks to the dive BVI staff for everything they have done so far and to Dr. Gore who gave us a great turtle tagging (or chasing in my case) experience and presentation. Today I woke up at about 7:20 again and headed down to the cattle guard at...

1) I decided to take this class because some of my friends were taking it, scuba diving in clear ocean waters sounded like a cool experience, and I could knock out one my science credits for senior year. By Studying the ocean we learn about one of if not the most important place in the world that can also help...

1) Why this class: I have always really liked marine biology. Every year I go up to Connecticut for vacation and have really just become fascinated with everything in the ocean. We always go to the aquarium and I've always enjoyed learning about all the unique adaptations and behavior marine animals and plants have. I was hoping to get a...