• Saturday (Day 7) Final Day and Trip Home

    Saturday we had our course exam in the morning and then, after lunch, the students had 4 free hours to snorkel in Graham’s Harbour, swim, fish or sunbathe. The snorkeling was capped by a joint ice bath courtesy of Mr. Dodds – ice bath participants Seb, Jonah and Jackson seemed to thoroughly enjoy it! Back…

  • Bahamas Marine Biology Friday (Day 6)

    Hi all, it’s Sophie writing the blog today. The activities today ranged from being at the top of a Dixon Hill Lighthouse to laughing at Seb’s drawing of a lobster. In the morning we went to the lighthouse and cave. The view from the lighthouse showed some of the lakes, the shore, and a group…

  • Bahamas Marine Biology – Thursday (Day 5)

    This is Sebastian, Jonah and Mitchell reporting. After three intense days of snorkeling and lecture, today we got onto the bus and headed to the Grotto Beach for some R &R. While out there we were told we have a hour and a half to do as we please on the beach. Some of us…

  • Bahamas Marine Bio Wednesday (Day 4)

    Hi everyone!! Today we snorkeled at Rocky Point Beach. We saw a hefty lobster, a tiny stingray, a very well fed barracuda, and some cute rainbow fish. It was our favorite snorkel so far because it was the perfect balance of fun and a nice challenge. This evening we learned about all of the different…

  • Bahamas -Monday (Day 2) and Tuesday (Day 3)

    Hi I’m Evelyn and yesterday and today we got to go snorkeling and we saw a lot of different algae and little fish and coral. On Tuesday we got to see a sea turtle when we went towards the cut (a channel between the North Point and island) and we saw a lot of different…

  • Bahamas – Field Study in Marine Biology Sunday ( Day One)

    We had a fairly seamless travel day. American Airlines was great in helping the 15 travelers check their bags and get seat assignments, which took only about 20 minutes. Our flight to Nassau was uneventful except for the pilot message about some glitch which necessitated us coming around again for the landing. I think he…