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Stephanie Keske does computer visualization work, and is starting a graduate program this fall at Texas A&M University. She told me, “Just living on a ship, I think … you know, I try to be outside as much as I can so just being trapped on a floating hunk of metal is maybe going to be a little difficult. I don’t know: I’ve never been in one place with an inability to leave it for 2 months solid.”
At the moment, Keske’s in the northeast Pacific onboard an oceanographic research vessel. She and six other educators and artists from the US and France are working with the science team to do unprecedented outreach. Have a listen.
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Mary Choueiter
As the educator at sea on the JOIDES Resolution last year at this time (in the Bering Sea), I can say it was an amazing experience. Follow them on Facebook, Twitter, the JOIDESResolution.org website! Let those homesick folks know they are doing something great, and that we are watching.