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Tag Archives: storytelling
Urban Oceanographer: Scuba Diving in Newark Bay
My good friend and colleague, Professor Richard (Dick) Hires loves ocean field work. It doesn’t matter what the weather or ocean conditions are, and it doesn’t matter what we’re doing. It’s always good, and always interesting to Dick. Which means … Continue reading
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Tagged car, new jersey, newark bay, oceanographer, port, salvage, scuba, storytelling
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Urban Oceanographer: The Lights of Manhattan Island
All good sea stories should begin with “no shi#, there I was”. This is one of those. [censored to avoid continuing to get blocked by school obscenity filters …] Back in the summer of 1994, Professor Tom Herrington and I … Continue reading
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Tagged estuary, harbor, Hudson River, Manhattan, new jersey, oceanographer, port, storytelling
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