I spent the last week in Woods Hole in Cape Cod. I stayed with Peter and Maria Symasko and was hosted at the Marine Biological Laboratory by Dr. Roger Hanlon. On Monday, Dr. Hanlon showed me around Woods Hole, and some of the different buildings. He introduced me to many of the researchers in his…
The New England Aquarium is departmentalized, and each department runs separately, and has a separate staff of co-ops, interns, and volunteers. The best thing about working at the aquarium was getting to work with so many different, passionate people. As part of my internship, I got to bounce around and spend a day or two…
I just got back from a great week in Connecticut with Rick Simon and his wife Erin. Unfortunately, the weather was not on our side, and it rained for most of my trip, so we did not do a lot of diving, but we did have a great dive in Ft. Wetherill. I tried out…
I went up to Undersea Divers in Beverly to meet Bobby Boyle. He is a strong supporter of the internship program, and Sea Rover’s Diver of the year in 2013! Bobby donates gear every year to the intern. Bobby generously donated a wetsuit, BC, regulator, computer, tank, hood, and gloves this year.
I went to the DUI Demo day at Stage Fort Park on May 10th. It was a day I’ll never forget. I got to test out my new DUI drysuit. I went diving with Vin Malkowski. We did some mask clears, air sharing, reg retrievals, and I got the feel of my new drysuit. I…
The coast of North Carolina is a ship graveyard, and the sea is filled with beautiful shipwrecks and warm, semi-tropical water. East Coast Divers sponsered me to go, and it was the most amazing diving I have ever done. We drove down to North Carolina and then dove for the next three days. Prior to…
I went to visit Mike and Fred at Backscatter in New Hampshire. They showed me how to set up the camera systems used by the Sea Rovers Intern. There is a GoPro system and a still camera set up for me to use during my summer as the intern. Fred also showed me how to…
I flew in from England on Thursday night before the weekend of the Sea Rovers Conference. I got up early for the COMS (Career Opportunities in Marine Science) day. I really enjoyed the broad variety of speakers at this event. I was always interested in marine biology as a child, and the school groups that…