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S-280: Pacific Reef Expedition

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Proposed cruise track for S-280, Pacific Reef Expedition.
The students of S-280, Pacific Reef Expedition, will join the Robert C. Seamans in Pape’ete, Tahiti by May 23rd. They will end their voyage in Honolulu, Hawaii around June 24th, after port stops in Rangiroa, Caroline Island, Kiribati, and Kiritimati.
Students
Ralfs Beitans, Northeastern University
Tiffany Croucher, Eckerd College
Rowan DeWitt, Lake Forest CollegeCor
Kaleigh Duggan
Abril Fleitas, Northeastern University
Sofia Giordano, Loyola University
Ziyad Johnstone, St. John’s College
Justin Kaashoek, Harvard University
Casidhe Mahuka, American Samoa Community College
Sarah McNamara, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Darlene Meli, American Samoa Community College
Riley Palmer, McDaniel College
Kristopher Paulson, University of Michigan, Flint
Natalie Jane Renfro, Purdue University
Francesca Sampino, American University
Andrew Shaw, Eckerd College
Yuchen Wang, The George Washington University
Shuo Wang, Wesleyan University
Kelly Watson, Penn State University Lehigh Valley
Zhechen Wu, Boston University
Nathaniel Yee, University of San Diego
Ship’s Company
Captain: Pamela Coughlin
Chief Mate: Cassie Sleeper
2nd Mate: Rebecca Johnson
3rd Mate: Heather Kelleher
Engineer: Nate Bears
Assistant Engineer: Shana Grimes
Steward: Sabrina Hutchinson
Chief Scientist: Jeff Schell
Assistant Scientist: Gabo Page
Assistant Scientist: Farley Miller
Assistant Scientist: Nick Dragone
Research Assistant: Kelly Speare
Coral reef expert: Meagan Curtis. Marine Science Coordinator for American Samoa Community College
Recent Posts from the Ships
- Ocean Classroom 2024-A collaborative high school program with Proctor Academy
- Collaborations and Long-term Commitments: SEA’s Caribbean Reef Program Sets a Course for Coastal Programs that Compliment Shipboard Experiences.
- Sea Education Association students prepare for life underway using state of the art nautical simulation from Wartsila Corporation.
- SEA Writer 2022, Magazines From the Summer SEA Quest Students
- Technology@SEA: Upgrades Allow Insight into Ocean Depths
Programs
- Gap Year
- Ocean Exploration
- High School
- Science at SEA
- SEA Expedition
- SEAScape
- Pre-College
- Proctor Ocean Classroom
- Protecting the Phoenix Islands
- SPICE
- Stanford@SEA
- Undergraduate
- Climate and Society
- Climate Change and Coastal Resilience
- Coral Reef Conservation
- Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
- MBL
- Ocean Exploration: Plastics
- Ocean Policy: Marine Protected Areas
- Oceans and Climate
- Pacific Reef Expedition
- The Global Ocean: Hawai'i
- The Global Ocean: New Zealand