Wednesday, October 17th General Meeting

This month's speaker will be Joy Marzolf, who will present her photos and stories of the Maldives.

Never heard of the Maldives? This spectacular series of coral atolls in the Indian Ocean is a best kept secret in diving! From the intricate ballet of mantas, to the adorable anemonefish, fearsome looking morays, massive whale sharks and more, join us for views of the amazing underwater life of this tiny country.

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Officer Elections

Elections for next year's officers will be held at the November general meeting. Nominations will take place starting at the October general meeting (Wednesday, October 17th).

To review the duties of each position, take a look at the bi-laws, or contact an officer, and ask.

Coastsweep 2007 Recap
By Alicia Lenci

48 people participated and 153 lbs of trash was removed. Most was collected was from Canoe beach and the other coves and beaches around East point, NEU property. (Forty-steps trail was closed due to its reconstruction). Most of the litter was plastic caps/lids, rope, food wrappers and cigarette butts...

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NEADC Tropical Fish Hunt Recap

We had about 208 who registered/attended the event, and raised a lot of money for the Cotting School. Everyone had a great time, and ate well, even though the tropicals themselves were scarce.

Photo Contest

Congratulations to Eduardo Velasco, his photo will be featured in the next NEADC brochure

Upcoming Events:
More events at NEADC Website

Lowell Lecture: Pollution and Marine Life (10/16)
Susan Shaw, is best known for her work studying chemical contamination in harbor seals and the potential effects on the health of both marine mammals and humans. More info at the Lowell Lecture website.

Northeastern Lecture: Penguin Rescue (10/16)
This presentation chronicles the rescue and rehabilitation of 20,000 penguins that were caught in an oil spill in South Africa. More info at Northeastern's website

UDCM Banquet (10/26)
Guest speaker: Stan Waterman. Tickets are $45 each and include a terrific meal and a great talk by an underwater pioneer!! More info at UDCM Website

Pumpkin Dive (10/28)
Carve a pumpkin underwaterusing your dive knife! Prizes (including an Oceanic computer) and food will be available! Email Steve Whitford for more info.

Lowell Lecture: Why is the Sea Salty? (10/29)
Mid-ocean ridges are the single largest continuous geological feature of our planet. These ridges lie beneath another predominant planetary feature, the ocean. This talk will follow an eye-opening journey of discovery along the margins of the Pacific plate and reassess why the sea is salty More info at the Lowell Lecture website.

Lowell Lecture: Arctic Warming (11/5)
In 2006, National Geographic sent Jon Waterman to investigate the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. While conferring with Alaskan scientists studying climate change and oil development, the expedition revealed melting permafrost, unnatural predation of nesting birds, brushed over tundra, disappearing glaciers and dying forests. In this talk, he illuminates the ongoing political controversy and how audience members can take action to neutralize global warming and Arctic oil drilling. More info at the Lowell Lecture website.

Brewery Eat and Greet (11/7)
The November Eat-and-greet will be an eat-and-drink...at the Harpoon Brewery! Wednesday, November 7th, we will be having our monthly informal meeting at the brewery. You must let us know if you're coming, so we can get a head count. Space is limited to the first 85 people. Email John (boatdive@neadc.org) to register.

Oceanic Research Group Benefit (11/11)
Featuring Ethan Gordon of Fathoms Magazine, New film premie, 2007 O.R.G. Scholarship winner announced! More info at the ORG Website

Shore Diving

2007 Shore dives are up on the website. Remember to contact the leader a few days before the trip to sign up.

There are new member dives on the Saturday following the General meeting. The new member dives are a great chance to get out there. The water temp is around 60 (with surface around 70) and great viz. Here are some of the upcoming dives:

Boat Diving Recap
By John Feehan

Unlike last year, this year we had some great weather for our boat dives. Those who participated had wonderful experiences.

On June 24th six of us went with Heather Knowles and Dave Caldwell to the Chester Poling and Halfway Rock. This was the best visibility I had ever seen on the Poling. I could actually see some anenomes! Our next stop was Halfway Rock. Again, we had great visibility especially below the thermocline. Wonderfully colored sea stars, anemones and a malevolent looking sea raven. The current was a little strong so when we missed the anchor line on the way back, it resulted in a longer surface swim than we intended. After the dive, all of us including Heather and Dave enjoyed dinner together. Diving and dining together with friends from the club makes for a great time...

Read more about the rest of this year's boat dives and view some of the photos on the website