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“What am I doing here? I’m not good enough. How can I possibly learn all these things that I’m expected to know?” After an action-packed week of staff training, I couldn’t help but let these thoughts run through my mind. That first week of being an intern is the hardest. There are just so many […]

This blog series details the travels and experiences of SeaTrek’s Gus Meloy, a geologist going through the pinnacle of his education. Six weeks of intense field and course work are described while providing insight about the country of New Zealand. This is a unique perspective he intends to share through a series of entries.

This blog series details the travels and experiences of SeaTrek’s Gus Meloy, a geologist going through the pinnacle of his education. Six weeks of intense field and course work are described while providing insight about the country of New Zealand. This is a unique perspective he intends to share through a series of entries.

This blog series details the travels and experiences of SeaTrek’s Gus Meloy, a geologist going through the pinnacle of his education. Six weeks of intense field and course work are described while providing insight about the country of New Zealand. This is a unique perspective he intends to share through a series of entries. Week […]

This Island Times blog entry was originally published in the NAUI Sources magazine – First Quarter, 2015. It is a personal essay illustrating how SeaTrek science student, Hunter Ramo, completed an independent research project on the invasive lionfish in order to earn academic credit for school. Along with his fellow Bahamas Explorer shipmates, Hunter’s project […]

This Island Times blog entry is part of a series of personal essays illustrating how SeaTrek has impacted the lives of our students and staff. We thank Dakota Fenn, former student/intern and current staff member, for this insightful look into “NAUI’s Rescue Diver Course” with SeaTrek BVI.   Ever since I was a little kid, […]

This Island Times blog entry is part of a series of personal essays illustrating how SeaTrek has impacted the lives of our students and staff. We thank CC Mesenbourg for this heartfelt account of what SeaTrek has meant to her.   I am from a small town in Michigan. Where I am from, people do […]

This Island Times blog entry is part of a series of personal essays illustrating how SeaTrek has impacted the lives of our students and staff. We thank Weston Hughes (aka. Wolfman) for this insightful and heartfelt account of what SeaTrek has meant to him.  We descend beneath the slowly dancing surface of the Sir Francis […]

This Island Times blog entry is the first in a series of personal essays illustrating how SeaTrek has impacted the lives of our students and staff. We thank Michael Cohen (aka. Buzz) for this insightful and heartfelt account of what SeaTrek has meant to him.  When I found out last October that I was accepted […]

This Island Times blog entry is the first in a series of personal essays illustrating how SeaTrek has impacted the lives of our students and staff. We thank Michael Cohen (aka. Buzz) for this insightful and heartfelt account of what SeaTrek has meant to him.  When I found out last October that I was accepted […]