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Upcoming Meetings
For the next few months we are encouraging everyone to practice social distancing and will be holding the general meeting lectures remotely. If you want to watch any of the lectures live, visit our registration page.

March 17, 2021, 6:30 pm.
Jill Heinerth - Journey of an Iceberg
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Royal Canadian Geographical Society Explorer in Residence, Jill Heinerth guides you on an expedition that follows the path of an iceberg from its calving ground in Greenland to Baffin Island and down remarkable coastlines of Labrador and Newfoundland. The vision of ice from beneath the surface is both sublime and transitory. The underwater beauty and coastal vistas Jill documents may never be seen again. Her story includes adventure and important lessons about the future of the Arctic.

JILL HEINERTH is an underwater explorer, writer, photographer, speaker, and filmmaker. A pioneer of technical rebreather diving, she has led expeditions into icebergs in Antarctica, volcanic lava tubes, and submerged caves worldwide. Jill is the first Explorer-in-Residence of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Her book, INTO THE PLANET, has been lauded by the Wall Street Journal, Oprah Magazine, and the New York Times. Jill is a Fellow of the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame, Underwater Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Explorers Club, which awarded her with the William Beebe Award for ocean exploration.

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Upcoming General Meetings

For the next few months, we are holding our general meeting lectures online. If you want to attend any of them live (same time as the normal meeting times), sign up on our registration page, and we will send you the connection info a few days before the meeting

View our upcoming meeting schedule

View our previous speakers

NEADC Photo Challenge

The NEADC is holding a monthly photo challenge, open to all club members!

A selection of images will be shown in a brief slide show during our monthly General Meeting. Deadline for submissions is the Monday before the General Meeting. See you on Zoom!

Challenge #2: Best Friends

Share an underwater image that represents the theme of Best Friends.

The image must have been taken underwater by you but not necessarily in 2020. After all, who really got much dive time in 2020?

The deadline for submission is March 15th.

Click here to submit an entry

Sea Turtle links from the Januay Speaker

Roderic Mast, our guest speaker from February provided some links to his program, and organization:

Blue Habits:

https://www.bluehabits.org/

https://www.youtube.com/user/OceanicSociety

Tips from the September Speaker

Samantha Whitcraft, our guest speaker from September provided some links to her programs, and ways divers can help:

Aggressor Adventures’ Green the Fleet Program

Sea of Change Foundation’s Brochure, About Sea Of Change video (featuring Guy Harvey), and Leading through Conservation & Research Zoom presentation/video (Foundation overview)

Sea of Change Foundation’s Reef Rescue and Rapid Response Program flyer (printable pdf) – our grant program that empowers divers as first responders to acute reef damage

Our three Sustainable Choices PSAs with Force Blue:

• Choose Safe and Sustainable Sun Protection
• Refuse, Reduce, Re-Use Single Use Plastics
• Choose Sustainable Seafood

Should you wish to follow Sea of Change and/or share from their Facebook page, they post regularly at https://www.facebook.com/SeaOfChange

Don't Let Your Membership Lapse

Even while they were closed, the New England Aquarium was still caring for animals and maintaining the facilities and exhibits. They were still keeping a crew at work, and running virtual programs.

Now that they are open with limited visitors, it's more important than ever to maintain your membership so they can continue to keep up with these expenses.

Your dive club membership ($15 add on to the Aquarium membership) allows us to have speakers every month throughout the year (which we will continue to do online).

The Aquarium launched an online advocacy tool as a way that people can show their support for the Aquarium. The tool helps visitors submit a letter to their elected officials asking Congress to support emergency relief funding for non-profit aquariums, zoos, and museums across the country. It takes less than 30 seconds and costs nothing to participate.

More Resources for supporting the NEAq:

• Emergency Relief Petition
• Mission Forward Fund
• Facebook Live Virtual Visits

Support Your Local Dive Shop!

The local dive shops across New England continue to need your business! Many are now open reduced hours or open by appointment, and still offering classes virtually or equipment servicing.