August 10, 2011 – 8:49 am
Thursday, August 4 – Channel Islands Today we woke up at seven, ate breakfast, then changed; we all got ready and put swimsuits on under our clothes. We then took small groups on the small boat onto the island, Santa Cruz. On Santa Cruz we learned about how there were certain animals that were only [...]
August 10, 2011 – 8:40 am
Wednesday, August 3 – Channel Islands This morning we woke up to the crashing waves of Smuggler’s Cove. A few of us slept on deck, and we were surrounded by cold wind and fog. It was amazing to wake up to the view of the ocean. After that we had a fortifying breakfast of oatmeal [...]
August 10, 2011 – 8:04 am
Tuesday, August 2 – Channel Islands Today we woke up to the pale lights of the Channel Island Harbor, still tired from the exhausting day we had before. After eating a delicious breakfast we were all put into different ‘watch groups’ and did our first role call. We did a quick safety lesson and then [...]
Tuesday, August 2 – Day 9 In the morning everyone worked like clockwork to get ready to head out to Molasses Reef. Since our first dives last Friday we’ve finally fallen into a normal routine in the morning. The previous evening everyone would prepare measuring gear and scuba equipment so no one had to rush [...]
Monday, August 1 – Day 8 Today was our third day diving. David, Reilly, and Kim went with Patrick to search for the ever-elusive stern; however, they were unsuccessful. The rest of the group went back to buoy 13 to continue plotting out and describing artifacts for the main mast site. Dr. Sheli was swimming [...]
Sunday, July 31 – Day 7 After a hard week of work, we had a much needed day off today. We all slept in to our hearts’ desire and had a relaxing morning. Around midday, we finally got going and went out to Harry Harris Beach. Dr. Sheli, the saint she is, drove us all, [...]
Friday, July 29 – Day 5 Today was our first dive day. The original plan to snorkel over the site was abandoned when we learned that there were strong surges resulting in 4-5 foot waves. Consequently, when we got out to the site many members of the crew got seasick, including Dr. Sheli. The new [...]
Thursday, July 28 – Day 4 Today the field-school took a field-trip to Key West, Florida, to visit the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum. There, we wandered through various exhibits on display, including the finds from the Atocha. Most exhibits concentrated on displaying artifacts salvaged and excavated from historical shipwrecks in the region. One prominent exhibit [...]
Wednesday, July 27 – Day 3 On this lovely Wednesday morning in Key Largo we arrived at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary for one last time to finish recording and cataloging one of NOAA’s collections of artifacts. Not only were we able to finish up the artifacts that we had currently been working on [...]
Monday, July 25 — Day 1 The first day of our field school went great. We started off the day by heading over to the NOAA Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary headquarters where we began cataloging artifacts from the Queen of Nassau, a vessel believed to have scuttled in the early 1900s. We sketched, measured, [...]
