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Site
Events - Olympic Coast
Sustainable
Seas Open Houses
Sustainable
Seas Expeditions Exhibit
Seattle
Aquarium Public Lecture with Sylvia
Earle
Sustainable
Seas Expeditions VIP/Media
tours
Sustainable Seas
Expeditions Open Houses
Location: Seattle Aquarium,
Pier 59 and Port Angeles City Pier
Date: June 16, 1999 and June 30, 1999
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Dr. Sylvia
Earle was on hand to meet the public and
autograph copies of her book.
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The open houses gave the public
the opportunity to board the Navy ship Discovery
Bay see the Sustainable Seas Expeditions technology
up-close. Participants learned about the
Sustainable Seas Expeditions and the Olympic Coast
National Marine Sanctuary. Dr. Earle was on board
to meet the public, as were other Sustainable Seas
Expeditions pilots and researchers.
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Visitors
marvel at the size of the one-person
submersible.
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The crowds were enthusiatic to board the Navy Ship
and to see the Deep Worker submersible in person.
Submersible pilots were able to explain how the
Deep Worker manuvers in the water and how it is
loaded on and off the vessel. The Navy Yard Torpedo
Test (YTT) range craft ship usually supports launch
and recovery exercises for military operations, but
has been made available for the Sustainable Seas
Expeditions.
Sustainable
Seas Expeditions Exhibit
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The
exhibit panels and Deep Worker model.
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An exhibit on the Sustainable Seas Expeditions was
installed at the Seattle Aquarium on June 10, 1999
and remained on display until June 25, 1999. The
exhibit includes a Deep Worker model and
interpretive panels. Thousands of visitors came the
aquarium, and the exhibit gave them the opportunity
to learn more about the Sustainable Seas
Expeditions and the National Marine Sanctuary
Program.
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The Deep
Worker submersible model fits into a box
for shipping, and the panels are easily
carried by Laura Francis, SSE education
coordinator.
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This is a traveling exhibit that will be at each
sanctuary at the time of the Sustainble Seas
Expeditions dives.
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Seattle
Aquarium Public Lecture by Sylvia
Earle
National Geographic Society's
famous Exporer-in-Residence. Dr. Earle spoke at the
Omnidome at the Seattle
Aquarium on June
15th. Her talk was preceded by a showing of the
IMAX "Whales" feature. The lecture helped increase
public knowledge about the Sustainable Seas
Expeditions missions and build public support for
Sustainable Seas Expeditions' marine conservation
goals.
Sustainable
Seas Expeditions VIP/Media tours
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The
sanctuary vessel "Tatoosh" shuttled
selected officials to the ship where the
Sustainable Seas Expeditions dives took
place.
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Selected teachers, opinion
leaders, local government, partner agency staff,
and others were given daily trips to the Navy Ship
"YTT Discovery Bay" aboard the sanctuary vessel
"Tataoosh". The news media was also invited, which
provided the opportunity for the general public to
get in-depth information about Sustainable Seas
Expeditions operations and ocean
research.
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For more information on
the education events at the Olympic Coast National
Marine Sanctuary, please contact:
Bob Steelquist, Education
Coordinator
NOAA, Marine Sanctuaries Division
(360) 457-6622
robert.steelquist@noaa.gov
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