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Sea Wolf Adventures takes passengers with disabilities to the Pacific Northwest’s most beautiful places
From the spring 2020 Sea Star print newsletter
Kimber Owen, owner of Sea Wolf Adventures, has an exceptional memory for the people that she’s taken on her 12-passenger cruise ship, which frequents Pacific Northwest jewels such as the San Juan Islands and Glacier Bay National Park. There was the police officer who wanted to propose to his girlfriend but, fearing he ...
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From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
By Brittany Hoedemaker, WSG Science Communications Fellow
Ever dream of slipping out of your dark, air-conditioned office for an afternoon boat ride under the warm mid-summer sun? We did. Our summer daydreams became a reality when Washington Sea Grant (WSG) Communications Director MaryAnn Wagner and I got a ride on Seattle’s Portage Bay with Katie Wixom and her four-legged co-captain, Roger, one sunny July day.
In partnership with State Parks, WSG leads the Pumpout ...
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From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
By Andrew Chin, WSG Science Communications Fellow
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From the autumn 2019 Sea Star print newsletter
By Helen Kesting, guest student writer
Just 50 miles away from Seattle as the crow flies, the University of Washington runs a marine field station on San Juan Island called Friday Harbor Laboratories (FHL). Wooden buildings, grass fields and grazing deer cover the campus, which is surrounded by nearly 400 acres of mixed coniferous forest. During the weekends, students entertain themselves by hiking or by taking a rowboat to a nearby cove. At ...
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