S-287: Protecting the Phoenix Islands
June 25, 2019
Cruise Track
The students of S-287, Protecting the Phoenix Islands, will join the SSV Robert C. Seamans in Pago Pago, American Samoa, on July 3rd to begin a six-week round-trip voyage to the Phoenix Islands.
Students
Silas Blunk, St. John's College, NM
Cassidy Bull, Johns Hopkins University
Conner Cummings, St. John's University
Janell Donegan, University of Utah
Patricia Dougherty, New York University
Jason Gonsalves, University of Redlands
Xinrong Guo, Colby College
Michaela Guy, Smith College
Elliot Hayne, Denison University
Brandon Hopper, University of California, Santa Barbara
Anna Hughes, Carleton College
Sophie Kuhl, Brown University
Benjamin Ma, Brown University
Isabel Mize, University of Vermont
Natalie Patetta, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Cole Rader, University of British Columbia
Miita Ribabaiti, I-Kiribati Observer/Cadet
Harrison Rogers, Whitman College
Michelle Simoni, Seattle University
Kara Swann, Boston University
Mary Zarba, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry
Adam Ziegler, Stonehill College
Ship's Company
Master: Richard Miller
Chief Mate: Rebecca Johnson
2nd Mate: Colin Graham
3rd Mate: Hila Shooter
AB/MIT (Mate in Training): Ava Stasiw
Engineer: Henry Cylkowski
Assistant Engineer: Merlin Clark-Mahoney
Steward: Lauren Heinen
Chief Scientist: Blaire Umhau
Assistant Scientist: Janet Bering
Assistant Scientist: Hilary Ranson
Assistant Scientist: Jordan Eckstein
Labhand: Helen Wolter
Teaching Assistant: Allie Cole
Teaching Assistant: Henry Bell
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