Wandering Along the Coast

They say not all who wander are lost. As a person who generally considers themself to be a vagabond at heart, I’ve always felt that I somewhat embodied that maxim. I say “somewhat” to emphasize that like most everyone, there are definitely times that I do feel lost. However, even when that happens, I find […]

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Mobulas and More in Mexico

Rubik’s Cubes, Mobula Aggregations, Spanish, and Drones…what do they all have in common, you might wonder? Well for starters, all of them can be pretty tricky to figure out, but more importantly these are the things l learned more about during my time in the southwestern peninsula that is Baja Mexico. I was invited to […]

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Road to Rhode Island

“Why go anywhere else when everything you need is here in RI?” or so my first host for the 2021 OWUSS scholarship would jokingly say to me while I was there. As the Diving and Safety Officer at the University of Rhode Island and a previous OWUSS Rolex Scholar in 2005, Anya Hanson and her […]

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Ice Cold Sponge Bath

It has been a while since I have been diving for science, so I was so excited that my next opportunity entailed this in the White Continent at the bottom of the world. For the past three weeks, I have been with researchers from the Universidad Mayor de Santiago at the Chilean Navy Base Arturo […]

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