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Halle Minshall
March 29, 2010March 14, 2014 Halle MinshallCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010, Video Posts

Swimming in Grand Riviere

We took a quick swim in Grand Riviere to cool off.

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Halle Minshall
March 29, 2010March 14, 2014 Halle MinshallCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010, Video Posts

Grand Riviere Beach

We went swimming on the Grand Riviere Beach, one of the places with the highest density of nesting leatherbacks

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Halle Minshall
March 29, 2010March 14, 2014 Halle MinshallCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010, Video Posts

Matura Beach

A short introduction to Matura beach in the day light, thanks Jo!

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Halle Minshall
March 29, 2010March 14, 2014 Halle MinshallCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010, Video Posts

Sea turtle jump rope and washing machine

In this video there is sea turtle jump rope and sea turtles doing the washing machine

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Halle Minshall
March 29, 2010March 14, 2014 Halle MinshallCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010, Video Posts

Nesting Leatherback sea turtle recieves pit tag

While nesting this leatherback sea turtle receives a pit tag (tracking tag) and has a heart rate monitor

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Halle Minshall
March 29, 2010March 14, 2014 Halle MinshallCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010

Razor Grass and Turtle Jump-Rope

We hike through the jungle in search of howler monkeys and return to the beach for one last turtle patrol in Trinidad We began bright and early on Thursday, dragging our sleepy-eyed selves out ofContinue reading

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Carolyn Groves
March 29, 2010March 14, 2014 Carolyn GrovesCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010

Day 6: Port of Spain

We traveled from Matura to Port of Spain on our last day in Trinidad and arrived at the Pax Guest House. After a tour of the capital city, we went to the mall. We tookContinue reading

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Camila Caceres
March 26, 2010March 14, 2014 Camila CaceresCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010

Day 4- Toco and Grand Riviere

    After a long night of leatherback tagging and data collecting for our research projects, we went to bed around 2 a.m. We woke up promptly at 6:30 a.m. to eat breakfast and getContinue reading

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Margaret Jaicomo
March 25, 2010March 14, 2014 Margaret JaicomoCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010

Day 3: Kayaking in Salybia

Tuesday March 23 — Kayaking in Salybia and turtle watching in Matura We had the morning off after our late night on the beach. Then in the afternoon we headed to Salybia to do someContinue reading

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Jocelyn Ostomel
March 23, 2010March 14, 2014 Jocelyn OstomelCEM, Duke Marine Lab, marine studies, students, travel, Trinidad - 2010

Day 2: Our first data point

lectures, a wonderful hike to a waterfall, and we finally see a turtle lay her eggs Today started out with a wonderful breakfast at the guest house. The fresh fruit and home-made bread wafted downContinue reading

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