On February 5th, after another dive with the seven gill sharks (or cowsharks, as they’re called here) off of Miller’s Point, Steve Benjamin (Animal Ocean) took me up to Cape Point at the Cape of Good Hope, the most south-western point of Africa. Although it’s not the tip of Africa, it’s definitely the photogenic tip […]
Category: Scholar Journeys
Bain’s Kloof
February 3rd was the day that Steve Benjamin (Animal Ocean) and I went up into the mountains to meet Jeremy Sheldon, Ph.D. student at the University of Cape Town. Jeremy is doing his Ph.D. thesis on the streams and rivers of the Bain’s Kloof region, in the mountains Northeast of the Cape. He’s comparing the […]
The One Day That Should Probably Have Been Six Days
What an amazing day February 2nd was. I’ll take you through the pictures below and explain the chronology that way. I tagged along with Steve Benjamin (Animal Ocean) on a dive charter to dive with a natural aggregation of seven-gill sharks, or cowsharks (as they’re called in Cape Town) just past Miller’s Point near […]
Cape Fur Seals and Abalone Poacher Day
Let’s start in Africa…
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 […]