I was invited to sail on the brigantine Corwith Cramer over the last week as part of the Sea Education Association's North Atlantic Right Whale symposium. I met the ship at Brooklyn Harbor in NYC, and we sailed for a week up the Long Island Sound, past Rhode Island's Block Island wind farm, and through the canal into Cape Cod Bay and around Stellwagen Bank. We then brought the ship to her home port at Woods Hole, MA. During the trip, we put hydrophones in the water and listened for whales and dolphins. I also gave a talk on the quarter deck about right whales, prey and climate change while the ship was hove to. What a fantastic adventure, and I hope I'll be able to sail on the Corwith Cramer again one day! |
AuthorErin Meyer-Gutbrod is an Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina. Her lab researches human impacts to marine ecosysems. Archives
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