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Experiential Learning Is Key to Understanding Our Oceans

Woodridge, Ill. (May 20, 2014) – For four decades, unlocking the mysteries of the oceans – by providing experience-based scholarships – has been the central mission of the Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society®. Since 1974, founding partner Rolex Watch U.S.A. has been the Society’s partner in education, with the Society annually

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IN MEMORY OF SOCIETY FOUNDER, DR. LEE SOMERS

Lee H. Somers, Ph.D. Director Emeritus, Our World-Underwater Scholarship Society®Dr. Lee H. Somers passed away quietly on New Year’s Day 2015 in Flagstaff, AZ. Lee was born on February 18, 1938, in Champaign County, IL, and raised on a farm there. He discovered his love of water and knack for

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Fish Blitz in Virgin Islands National Park-Week Two

After a relaxing day off and some turnover in personnel, we’re ready to start week two of fish blitz. Sunday was our off day to recuperate and off-gas (allow any residual nitrogen to exit our bloodstream). After bringing leavers to the ferry and enjoying huevos rancheros at JJ’s Texas Coast

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Fish Blitz in Virgin Islands National Park-Week One

Good afternoon from Virgin Islands National Park on St. John! I’m here for two weeks of “fish blitz,” a collaborative, multi-agency effort to survey and monitor fish and benthic communities in the US Virgin Islands. The Virgin Islands National Park, the National Park Service South Florida/Caribbean Network Inventory and Monitoring

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