A visual walk through of Biology in the Bahamas

Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home. The furthest away from home I have ever been was during a research trip to the Bahamas. Being from the UK that is quite far away… Imagine this, after a 4 hour coach trip, 11 hour flight , a second 1 hour flight and…

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September 6, 2023

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Share a story about the furthest you’ve ever traveled from home.

The furthest away from home I have ever been was during a research trip to the Bahamas.

Being from the UK that is quite far away…

Imagine this, after a 4 hour coach trip, 11 hour flight , a second 1 hour flight and 2 hour journey on the back of a van you arrive at San Salvador Gerace research centre located on San Salvador island, Bahamas.

The small plane that takes you from Nassau to San Salvador

The vans that transported us to the research centre

Proceeding a much needed night of rest you wake up bright and early the next day to get ready for your first day of data collection.

So it’s back to the van to be driven to the most beautiful place you have ever seen…

A completely empty beach, up to this point the only people you have seen on this island are the people you travelled with… it’s like we have the whole island to ourself, a rare experience.

So you start snorkelling and what you see below the surface is even more beautiful than above.

And your job is to explore and collect data. Data collection consisted of snorkelling all day, photographing coral and algae and recording certain fish species size and number.

Here is a picture of me at the surface in the middle of a day of data collection

Never have a felt so lucky and grateful to be studying biology…

Turtle coming to the surface for breath

Written by Francesca Giannachi-Kaye

6 responses to “A visual walk through of Biology in the Bahamas”

mukulmanku

September 6, 2023 at 9:13 am

Wonderfully written. Beautiful photos and clips. You’re so lucky.

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1. Francesca
  
  September 6, 2023 at 10:02 am
  
  I do feel incredibly fortunate to have been able to experience such an amazing thing!
  
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Jemsdiarypost

September 6, 2023 at 9:35 am

Wow this looks beautiful to me, more of an adventure than a research trip🙂 I love adventures

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1. Francesca
  
  September 6, 2023 at 10:01 am
  
  Yes! It was truly an amazing experience packed full of adventures 🙂
  
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douglas sery

September 15, 2023 at 1:55 am

As Gabriella’s daughter I imagine you you have a passport full of adventures. My daughter has more passport stamps than I did when I when I was 25 years old and she still considers every flight an adventure. Marine biology is a fascinating field of study and I look forward to following your work. My former assistant at MITP (where your mother published her book) just recently moved to Oxford University Press to handle their Biology list, so if you’re every interested in writing a book, let me know and I’ll make introductions. In the meantime, enjoy your research!

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1. Francesca
  
  September 15, 2023 at 9:27 am
  
  Thank you so much for your kind comments! I would absolutely be interested in writing a book, in fact it’s been one of my dreams! I have sent you an email.
  
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