Right! So I’ve got some backlogs to do, starting with the day I arrived in Cape Town, South Africa. I was met at the airport by local dive and underwater guru Steven Benjamin, who operates Animal Ocean, which is an all-encompassing marine eco-tourism operation. We had some breakfast, and then Steve whisked us off to […]
Category: 2009 Scholar Journey
I’m in Cape Town!
Wow! First blog update in awhile, sorry — you can blame Steven Benjamin, my awesomely over-achieving local Cape Town host, for that. We’ve been on a whirlwind tour of Cape Town’s aquatic environments, and I’m going to post about them individually in the next few days! Steven runs Animal Ocean, an all-inclusive ocean eco-tourism operation that offers […]
The diving in Tasmania is insania
Eaglehawk Dive Center
I’ve arrived at my second home in Tasmania – Eaglehawk Dive Center, run by the venerable Mick Baron, Karen Gowlett-Holmes, Gary Myors and David Perkins, is kindly hosting me during my stay in Tasmania. I’ll be splitting my time between here and the University of Tasmania. This is the view of Pirate’s Bay from up […]
Arrived in Tassie, here’s what I’m studying how to study!
I arrived in Tassie yesterday, and was lucky enough to spend the night with Dr. Craig Sanderson and his wonderful family. Dr. Sanderson researches the longspined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) and its effect on giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) in Tasmania, along with Dr. Scott Ling, who did his dissertation on the topic. They both work […]