The EPR Chronicles I
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By , on September 14th, 2011 One comment   Expeditions, Life At Sea, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , , , , , , , ,  

In 2003 I received the opportunity of a lifetime to go out to sea for the first time on a major zoological expedition. I was merely an undergraduate, but at 24 – having started college a little later in life – I had an edge over many seniors. Namely, a continuous, unbroken thread of failures . . . → Read More: The EPR Chronicles I

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Janet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the Seafloor
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By , on September 14th, 2011 Leave a comment   Expeditions, Life At Sea, Organisms, Scientist!, Seeps, Vent, & Whale Falls   , , , , ,  

Dr. Janet Voight of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago talks about exploring deep sea ecosystems and her research on deep sea marine invertebrates. Many of these images are familiar to me as I was generously invited to participate on a cruise to hydrothermal vents in 2003 by her while I was merely . . . → Read More: Janet Voight: In 1860s “Educated People Could Not Envision” Life on the Seafloor

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