Sixteen College of Charleston students are getting the opportunity of a lifetime – to set sail on a research cruise aboard the 134-foot Brigantine sailing vessel headed for Bermuda. Free tours of the SSV Corwith Cramer, a working tall ship that specializes in education college students in ocean science, will be offered on Thursday, May 20 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Maritime Center before the students leave on Friday, May 21. This cruise is part of the first Gulf Stream Oceanography Program (GUSTO), jointly supported by the S.C. Sea Grant Consortium and the College of Charleston. The Corwith Cramer is owned by the Sea Education Association.
The students are currently completing an intensive two-week course in oceanography. During the 14-day sea cruise, they will learn to sail the vessel, and each will conduct a research project to investigate the southeast continental shelf and/or Gulf Stream. Following the cruise, students will fly to Woods Hole, MA, where they will spend a week at the Sea Education Association’s laboratories finalizing and presenting their research results. During this time, students will also attend numerous seminars by local ocean scientists, and tour the multiple research labs in the oceanographic community of Woods Hole.
The students will be joined by College of Charleston professors Gorka Sancho (biology), Scott Harris (geology), and Leslie Sautter (geology).
For more information, contact Leslie Sautter at 843.953.5586, Scott Harris at 843.953.0864 or Gorka Sancho at 843.953.9194.
