We have arrived! Our Royal Air Force flight arrived on Ascension Island around 8 this morning and we didn’t waste any time getting started! We were met at the airport by Drs BrendanContinue reading
Category: marine studies
Journey to Ascension – Christen Nagy & Tolga Babur
Our first day mostly consisted of long plane rides and even longer layovers. It took us a total of 36 hours to get to Ascension Island with two overnight plane rides. By the end ofContinue reading
Matthew Godfrey, Ph.D.
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, Puerto Rico - 2013, students, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, Puerto Rico - 2013, students, travel
The Importance of Zero
One of the main objectives of this field trip is to provide the exceptional opportunity to interact directly with wild sea turtles and the researchers who work with them. As you can tell from someContinue reading
Leatherbacks and Lounging
This story begins at 12am, on the beach, under a sky full of stars in Sandy Point, St. Croix. We had begun patrolling at 8pm the previous day and had already seen one green turtleContinue reading
Leatherback Late Night
After an early wake up call, we caught the 6:30 am ferry from Culebra to San Juan. We had planned on checking our luggage in early so that we could explore Old San Juan, butContinue reading
Elizabeth Hoerauf
CEM, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, Puerto Rico - 2013, students, travel
CEM, conservation, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, Puerto Rico - 2013, students, travel
Wrestling More Green Turtles -Day 5
We woke up this morning at a delightful 7am in order to go to Culebrita to look for more sea turtles; however, the boat ride turned into quite an adventure! The waves soaked us allContinue reading
Almost Adios, Culebra – Day 6
Today was another early morning and our last full day in Culebra. We left the house at 7 am to revisit Brava Beach and Resaca Beach in the hopes of locating freshly laid leatherback nests.Continue reading
Hands on Hawksbills
It was another beautiful and sunny day in Culebra. We woke up around 7:30 this morning to be on the road by 8:00 and in the water by 9:00. The plan was to meet upContinue reading
Making a Splash!
Our morning began at an astonishing 6:30 am, when we all piled into the jeeps and drove to Brava Beach and Resaca Beach to perform morning crawl counts. Half of us went to each beach,Continue reading
Let the Adventures Begin!
The adventure began at 4am at the Raleigh Durham International Airport where our team of 10 students gathered to make the long journey to Puerto Rico! After our initial 30 minute flight to Charlotte, weContinue reading