2016

Hi my name is Marcelo Pier and I am a rising junior at Jesuit College Prep school of Dallas.  I have been given a great opportunity to take a trip to the British Virgin Islands to study, dive, and learn all about the marine life. I am looking forward to a great experience with friends and continuing to research the...

My name is John Bowen. I am most excited to see the Schooling fish

Hello, I am Ryan Davis and I will be conducting a research project in the BVI. My project will consist of measuring number of parrot fish and measuring algae growth and finding the correlation between tho two. I am very excited to start this project as I have never conducted a project as in depth as this one.  

this is my blog post at the end of the school portion of MB2. I'm excited for diving with sharks and being a sea monkey.

Today set the bar high for the rest if the trip. First, we got up to see an informative presentation on sea turtle conservation. We then split off into our boat groups; while one boat went to try and tag sea turtles, we went down to the shore to learn about reef invertebrates. After snorkeling for a bit, I...

To begin this blog I will start with our night snorkel ! Us boys and the teachers along with Becca and Casey grabbed our fins and snorkels for our last swim in the BVI! We set out at our hotel beach for a night snorkel in pitch black with only a few underwater flashlights. Right when we entered...

As the month of June is coming to a close, my eagerness for the week two BVI trip is steadily growing. I'm really looking forward to seeing the wide variety of fish and other marine life down in Virgin Gorda.

The fourth day was the best day yet and it was one to remember. Beginning with breakfast at Plum House, the day started with muffins cereal and yogurt again. Immediately after breakfast we headed to the bus to go to the dock. The planned dives for the day were for our research project and for coral nursery cleaning. The...

Today we are breakfast at the Lime cabin. We had an amazing and nutritious cereal buffet with a side of honey buns. After breakfast we all headed to the boats for two special dives. We planned to dive the RMS Rhone. Sadly when we arrived at the site, the current was too strong so we moved to another dive...