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Personal Perspectives
Shipboard Life in the Antarctic
Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...
June 2016
Personal Perspectives
Diving in the Middle of Nowhere
Picture this: clear, warm water bathing spectacular coral reefs, clouds of fish,...
February 2014
Personal Perspectives
Diving into the Sandstorm
Diving can be a wild ride that evokes more than a little trepidation, especially in...
December 2013
Personal Perspectives
Watching for Fish in the Puffin's Beak
In recent years, I have taken to watching flying fish along the Maine coast. Not...
November 2013
Personal Perspectives
Ice-Loving Seals and the Loss of Sea Ice
The threat that climate change poses to polar bears has received a lot of...
September 2013
Personal Perspectives
Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs
As an assignment photographer, I sometimes feel as though I am living in a vacuum,...
September 2013
Personal Perspectives
Swimming With Sharks
Lying in water only a foot deep, I watched the shark meander lazily through the...
October 2011
Personal Perspectives
Arctic Sea Ice: A New Low?
At a recent staff meeting a Smithsonian colleague mentioned that one of his...
September 2011
Personal Perspectives
Back to School, Ocean Portal Style
At the Ocean Portal, we love the back-to-school season. There’s excitement in the...
September 2010
Personal Perspectives
Five Questions with Nancy Rabalais, Tracking Dead Zones In the Gulf
The Gulf of Mexico is known for one of the world's largest “dead zones"—areas...
March 2015
Personal Perspectives
Five Questions With Alexis Temkin, Searching For Links Between Deepwater Horizon & Human Health
We all know to avoid touching or eating oil (the fossil fuel variety that is)....
March 2015
Personal Perspectives
Five Questions with Russ Hopcroft, Zooplankton Whiz
Now that the Census of Marine Life is over, we’re checking in with some of its...
May 2014