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Sea Science: Exploring the Ocean Blue

Spring 2003

Sunrise over water in Kitty Hawk

Mar 1, 2003

Ocean Rescuers Test Skills in Treacherous Waters of the Atlantic

It's a brisk spring day at Kitty Hawk beach. Several swimmers in black wetsuits plunge into the 67-degree water of the Atlantic Ocean.
Lophelia coral.

Mar 1, 2003

Sea Science: Exploring the Ocean Blue

The Steeples area. The Lophelia Reefs. Can't place these exotic locations off the Carolina coast? Just ask countless teachers and students who followed the "Islands in the Stream 2002" research expedition through online logs.