… … I was lucky enough to spend a couple of days across the bay at the Kasitsna Bay Laboratory (a UAF/NOAA facility) with the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ scientific diving class, led by the venerable Brenda Konar.  The Lab is an ideal research location — I was impressed with what’s being done there, and intrigued […]

Hey-o… it’s been blizzarding for the past few days, but today was lovely.  The sun set over a huge cloud bank — I snuck out for a walk to get some pictures of it.  By the time I got back I could not feel my legs. … … I’m staying at the volunteer bunkhouse for […]

I’m in Homer!  Homer, Alaska, that is.  I’ll be volunteering with these guys for the next few weeks: Kachemak Bay Research Reserve … The drawing above was illustrated by Catie Bursch, one of Kachemak Bay Research Reserve’s Marine Educators.  Today Catie and I went on an excursion looking for materials for the new exhibit at […]

Okay.  So it’s my last day in South Africa (boo), but at least we made it a red letter one: I dove today with Mark Addison of Blue Wilderness, and it was AMAZING.  To tick off the list, we started the day swimming with dolphins, then dove down to Cathedral Cave and visited the ragged-toothed […]