Topic: Science
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Professor Preview — Dr. Robert Smith
Hands-on learning, with real-world application. It’s the basis of every Semester at Sea Voyage, and Fall 2017 Voyagers stand to benefit from from having Dr. Robert Smith’s unique combination of teaching and […]
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Professor Preview – Meet Paul Doherty
Faculty on the Fall 2017 voyage of Semester at Sea, Paul Doherty is a professor in the Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology department at Colorado State University. He is excited […]
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Discovering Water
Water is recognizably a necessity for all, though globally we lack equal access to this resource. My desire is to one day work on ground water treatment and distribution internationally […]
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Marine Biology In Shanghai and Hong Kong
During the Marine Biology, section one, field lab in Shanghai, students visited The Tongchuan Lu Fish Market, “to survey and document the marine plants and live animals for sale, with […]
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Preserving the Ecology of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park
Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park is best known for its volcanoes. In fact, Kīlauea and Mauna Loa are two of the most active volcanoes in the world. A group of students and […]
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Argo Floats: Reaching New Depths
16° 20.00’N 066° 12.6’ W may have seemed like just an ordinary set of coordinates, but for Professor Falk Huettmann and his Introduction to Oceanography class this was just one […]
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Science in the Field
Just outside the city limits, environmental science students learned there was a whole other side of Rio de Janeiro to explore. The town of Barra de Guaratiba was home to a […]
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Civil Engineering: Water for Portugal
Within an hour of the MV Explorer reaching land in Portugal, students of Professor Richard D’Amato’s Water for the World civil engineering class set out to experience topics they have […]
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Geocaching the Way to Bray
Five students of the Fall 2014 Semester at Sea voyage took time out from exploring Dublin, Ireland to seek hidden treasures in the coastal village of Bray. As members of […]
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Understanding Great Structures: Dutch Delta Works
Fall 2014 students enrolled in the course Understanding Great Structures ventured out from the MV Explorer, which had made port in Antwerp, Belgium, to the Netherlands to increase their understanding […]
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Sustainable Stockholm: The EU's Greenest City
The city of Stockholm, Sweden, held many surprises for Summer 2014 voyagers. The old town was quaint and beautiful, and offered a variety of wonderful options for dining on Swedish […]
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Biology Field Lab at Jardim Zoologico in Lisbon, Portugal
The Jardim Zoologico, known as the Lisbon Zoo, is a lush, green gem tucked amongst the red-tiled rooftops of Lisbon proper. Opened in 1884, dating it as the fourth oldest […]
