Week two reflection

Week two was a great week. We wrapped up our work at the end and tried to do some things that we did at the start of our journey. On the first day we had gathered some trash at the beach because that is what Cam and I had done on the first day. We had chosen to do this again to be able to compare and contrast the trash that we would have picked up on the first day of week one to the first day of week two. On the second day, cam and I had gone to this race around the world, sailboat convention, where all of the sailboats are working on ocean, pollution, and how to study and help the issue. We had tried to go fishing again to see if we can be able to have our luck change and gather some new information about fish. That day struck out and we did not gather the fish that we wanted to. Day three we had been able to meet with a doctor/scientist at Woods Hole oceanographic Institute. He talk to us about right whales and how they are getting entangled in fishing gear. That was a wonderful day, and really helped us with our studies and information. Friday I wrapped up all of our knowledge and had come to a close. We got what we had and started working on finalizing all of our information and gathering it to be all together. It was an amazing week and amazing adventure. I look forward to be back on campus and telling everybody all about it.

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