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Schiff Explorers: Mr. T. at Sea

Join us as Bruce Taterka, a teacher at West Morris Mendham High School, shares his experiences working aboard the NOAA ship Oregon II in the Gulf of Mexico for 3 weeks in July of 2010, during the BP oil spill.  Bruce was a member of the science team on the trawler, working 12 hour shifts to assess the health of the Gulf ecosystem during one of the worst environmental crises on record. Cost: Free, donations welcome

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