Raise the sails (and a glass or two) as you embark on a stunningly beautiful sail aboard the Mystic Whaler schooner with the World Science Festival. Marine ecologist Merry Camhi and underwater photographer Keith Ellenbogen are on deck to lead experiments with acoustic and satellite tags used to monitor sharks and rays. Capture underwater images and earn your sea legs during this evening expedition of New York Harbor.
Merry Camhi is director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s New York Seascape program. This initiative, based at the NY Aquarium, seeks to raise public awareness and action to conserve threatened marine wildlife and habitats in the New York Bight, through field research, improved policy, and education.
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Keith Ellenbogen is an award-winning underwater conservation photographer that works at the intersection of art, science, and technology. He is 2015-16 Visiting Artist in Residence at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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