{"id":2090,"date":"2009-01-25T15:58:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-25T20:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=2090"},"modified":"2009-01-26T12:42:23","modified_gmt":"2009-01-26T17:42:23","slug":"woods-hole-science-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=2090","title":{"rendered":"Woods Hole Science Community"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Blue Lobster (Homarus americanus)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Once in a blue moon, or a blue lobster if you’d prefer, geography and talent and circumstance come together to create a unique community that enriches civilization\u00c2\u00a0for the\u00c2\u00a0whole world.\u00c2\u00a0 Athenian philosphers, the library of Alexandria, Renaissance Italy, and\u00c2\u00a0England’s Oxbridge complex are all examples of intellectual communities whose brilliance illuminated the globe.\u00c2\u00a0 When it comes to marine research, oceanography and biological sciences, nowhere on the\u00c2\u00a0planet compares to Woods Hole, Massachusetts.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Snagging\u00c2\u00a0coffee and a\u00c2\u00a0pastry at Pie in the Sky Bakery and Cafe<\/a>, you’re likely to be sharing the table and the morning paper with the next Nobel prize winner in medicine or chemistry.\u00c2\u00a0 At\u00c2\u00a0Wood Hole’s\u00c2\u00a0Marine Biological Laboratory, more than fifty Nobel laureates have studied, researched or taught.<\/p>\n

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Famous Quote Posted in the MBL Aquatic Resources Lab<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Barring an unexpected rescue or marine stranding, Turtle Journal will focus its next few posts on the Woods Hole science community, introducing the wonderful resources that are offered to scientists, researchers, teachers and students to enhance marine\u00c2\u00a0discovery, as well as the exceptional opportunities\u00c2\u00a0that are available to\u00c2\u00a0families to explore the ocean world with hands-on fun and excitement.\u00c2\u00a0 We have never seen an unhappy face inside the Woods Hole Science Aquarium.<\/p>\n

DRIVING TOUR OF WOODS HOLE<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Water Street Woods Hole<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Entering the town of Woods Hole, you pass National Public Radio’s Cape and the Islands<\/a> station (WCAI\/WNAN) on the right and the ferry\u00c2\u00a0terminal<\/a> on the left with departures\u00c2\u00a0to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.\u00c2\u00a0 Down the main drag aptly named Water Street, you go by the Redfield Building of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<\/a> (WHOI)\u00c2\u00a0with an auditorium used for scientific\u00c2\u00a0conferences and public concerts before crossing the drawbridge over Eel Pond, a legendary specimen collection site during the 19th century and a protected inner harbor today for smaller boats.\u00c2\u00a0 On the other side of the bridge, WHOI and Marine Biological Laboratory<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0research buildings\u00c2\u00a0line both sides of Water Street.\u00c2\u00a0 Behind the buildings to the left, you can spot WHOI ocean research vessels like Knorr and Oceanus and Atlantis, perhaps with the famous submersible ALVIN aboard.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beyond the WHOI vessels on the left, you see the NOAA building that houses\u00c2\u00a0the Northeast Fisheries Science Center<\/a> with NOAA research ships\u00c2\u00a0tied to its docks.\u00c2\u00a0 After a sharp right turn, you see the Woods Hole Science Aquarium<\/a> of the NMFS, arguably one of the finest small\u00c2\u00a0aquariums with an admission fee of\u00c2\u00a0absolutely free.\u00c2\u00a0 Turtle Journal has traveled the globe and has never found a better\u00c2\u00a0aquarium for introducing marine science students to the ocean world.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, we also salute the Woods Hole Science Aquarium because they have rehabilitated cold-stunned Kemp’s\u00c2\u00a0ridley sea turtles and have over-wintered threatened diamondback terrapin hatchlings for us, too.<\/p>\n

EDUCATION AND FAMILY FUN<\/span><\/h2>\n

Sometimes we get carried away by the world class science that happens each and every day in Woods Hole.\u00c2\u00a0 We forget the unbridled, child-like\u00c2\u00a0excitement we experience every time we visit.\u00c2\u00a0 Behind the scenes at Woods Hole,\u00c2\u00a0groundbreaking science is routine, but out front in exhibit centers and hands-on displays, this leading edge research is rendered\u00c2\u00a0to the public in easily accessible forms.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Ofttimes when we have\u00c2\u00a0toured Woods Hole with\u00c2\u00a0high school students, Sue runs into a\u00c2\u00a0colleague or acquaintance who\u00c2\u00a0happens to be a Nobel\u00c2\u00a0laureate and who invites the kids inside for an informal chat about science and research and life.\u00c2\u00a0 The real excitement\u00c2\u00a0comes on the road home, when one student quips to another, “You know, I think I could do that.”\u00c2\u00a0 Woods Hole has a way of demystifying “science” and making it seem accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n

All of which brings us to one of our favorite places in Woods Hole and certainly to\u00c2\u00a0Don’s favorite creature, the Atlantic Wolffish, who clearly demonstrates how science and fun are the same word just spelled a little differently.<\/p>\n

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Atlantic Wolffish Sings Blues at Woods Hole Science Aquarium<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Click back to\u00c2\u00a0Turtle Journal soon for the next\u00c2\u00a0episode of our Woods Hole discovery.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

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