Posted on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 9:02 AMThe Explorers Club Join Us for Sea Stories on November 14th 9:00 AM - 7:00 PM New York City Headquarters 46 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021 Advanced Reservations Required Please call(212) 628-8383 or email reservations@explorers.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sea Stories is day focused on exploration, scuba diving, shipwrecks, nautical history and marine life. This will be a great opportunity for those who are interested in the ocean to interact.
General Admission: $60 Students with ID: $25
Presenters include: Edward Von der Porten FN'80 - "The Galleon San Felipe." Mr. Von der Porten shares the saga of the galleon San Felipe through eight Mexican - U.S. expeditions along the desert shore of Baja California to discover and reconstruct the tragic fate of the Spanish galleon San Felipe, lost without trace in 1576 with a treasure of Ming porcelain.
Dr. Charles E. Rawlings FN'90 - "Portraits of Living Mollusks." Dr. Rawlings has written multiple articles concerning mollusks, photographed several species never photographed alive and won awards for his living shell photography. As the underwater world deteriorates, Dr. Rawlings will be discussing the importance in documenting these wondrous living organisms in an attempt to educate the public about the splendors of the underwater world.
Ty Sawyer FN'02 - "How to Save the Seas." Mr. Sawyer is the Editorial Director of ISLANDS magazine and the Bonnier Dive Group, which includes, Sport Diver, Scuba Diver and the Undersea Journal. He has been on dozens undersea exploratory adventures. Mr. Sawyer is also a frequent on the Travel Channel.
David W. Jourdan FN'04 - "Never Forgotten - The Search and Discovery of Israel's Lost Submarine Dakar." Just after midnight on January 25, 1968, the Israeli Navy's newly commissioned submarine Dakar transmitted her last communication before she disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea without a trace. Author Mr. Jourdan will take us on his deep sea search for the missing 287-foot submarine and her sixty-nine officers and crew.
Jill Heinerth - "Into the Planet Using Closed Circuit Rebreathers." As a pioneer in the use of closed-circuit rebreathers, Ms. Heinerth will share her experiences exploring caves inside Antarctic icebergs, volcanoes and karst terrain around the world. An award-winning filmmaker, Ms. Heinerth co-wrote, produced, and appeared in Water's Journey, the PBS documentary series that takes viewers on travels through the world's greatest water systems.
Dr. Gregory Skomal - "Ocean Travelers: Tracking the World's Biggest Sharks." Dr. Skomal is an accomplished marine biologist, underwater explorer, photographer, aquarist, and author. He currently heads up the Massachusetts Shark Research Program. Dr. Skomal will highlight the ecology and life history of the world's largest sharks with new technologies to examine the migrations of basking, Greenland, great white, porbeagle, and whale sharks. Link to this article,
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