Programs Blog
S-284: The Global Ocean, New Zealand

Proposed cruise track of the SSV Robert C. Seamans.
The Global Ocean, New Zealand program begins Jan. 2nd at the SEA campus in Woods Hole. After about six weeks of classroom work, students join the SSV Robert C. Seamans in Auckland, New Zealand on Feb. 12th. The voyage ends in Christchurch, N.Z. on March 22nd after port stops in Russell, Wellington, and Dunedin.
Students
Brooke Baldassare, University of San Diego
Alexis Brugler, Lafayette College
Anna Byczynski, University of Rhode Island
Gabrial Canfield, Dartmouth College
Hannah Cho, Wellesley College
Katherine Christianson, Boston University
Ruby Dener, Cornell University
Sarah Farris, UNC Chapel Hill
Isaac Ferber, Grinnell College
Sofia Garrick, University of Chicago
Nathanie Gordon, University of Washington
Hannah Gottesman, Cornell University
Jaclyn Hodgson, Whitman College
Kevin Johnson, College of the Holy Cross
Luke Kellett, Allegheny College
Mackenzie Korpi, Carleton College
Anna Merrens, Skidmore College
Samantha Minshall, Mount Holyoke College
Lilyana Newman, College of Charleston
Fin Ouweleen, Carleton College
Nichole Padovano, Boston University
John Porterfield, University of Vermont
Caleb Rosen, Carleton College
Farhan Rozaidi, Trinity College, CT
Ana Schlanzky, Cornell University
Anika Thomas-Toth, Carleton College
Ship’s Company
Master: Greg Wisener
Chief Mate: Rebecca Johnson
2nd Mate: Elizabeth Foretek
3rd Mate: Eric Oransky
Engineer: Mike Rigney
Assistant Engineer: Charles Reynolds
Steward: Natalie Marshall
Assistant Steward: Sophie Vallas
Chief Scientist: Deb Goodwin
Assistant Scientist: Erin Adams
Assistant Scientist: Anna Wietelmann
Assistant Scientist: Gabe Rodriguez
Faculty: Jeff Wescott
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