Scientist and educator Timothy Dwyer will speak on Oct. 13 to kick off SeaDoc/Camp Orkila’s annual Marine Science Lecture series. A teacher at the Spring Street International School, Dwyer was recently selected as a 2015 Science Communication Fellow for the Ocean Exploration Trust. Just this past month he sailed with the Corps of Exploration on the E/V Nautilus to explore the Salish Sea and the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate.
The lecture is at 7 p.m. at the Emmanuel Parish Hall in Eastsound. There will be coffee, tea, and snacks. As always, the event is free.
Fresh from his trip, Dwyer will share his experience of ocean exploration. He’ll be talking about how deep diving remotely-operated vehicles resist extreme pressure, how invertebrates make their living at hydrothermal vents in the Earth’s crust, and even about how fast small scavengers in the Salish Sea can skeletonize a pig’s carcass.
For more information, visit http://www.seadocsociety.org/events
