[Nfb-science] new blog by visually impaired oceanographer - withcorrected URL

[Fred Wurtzel]

Hi Larry,

Thanks for sharing this.  I just read the whole blog.  I look forward to
updates.  I will try to meet this person, someday.  Maybe a trip to Woods
Hole will be in my future, who knows?  Though it is a sin, I am envious of
her.  I wish I would have done science, though I did enjoy my career, it was
fun.  I just also love science and being out on the water, though I prefer
the Great Lakes.  I did a little research on South Manitou Island in Lake
Michigan  when I was in college.  That was awesome.  We did bird banding and
census.  We were also cataloging the flora and fauna of the island.  What
great memories.  

This is why I have worked hard over the past 5 years or so to develop our
science camp for blind kids.  I hope we encourage at least 1 young person to
pursue a science career.  We have a great program this summer at the
University of Michigan in Dearborn.  It is at the Environmental Interpretive
Center.  I was surprised that there is a 300 acre wilderness area in the
middle of Dearborn on the banks of the Rouge River.  Donna Posont and I
hiked there last week.  It is a really great site to introduce blind
scientists to nature.



Thanks, again.

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Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 10:28 AM
To: Amy S. Bower; NFB Science and Engineering Division List
Subject: Re: [Nfb-science] new blog by visually impaired oceanographer -
withcorrected URL

I'll certainly check it out! I had an interest in that when I was a up and 
coming fellow. The interest hasn't gone away. I even had a scholarship to 
Woods Hole but I was cheated out of it. Not by the school but by family. 
That, is another story. I will love to look at your blog!
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Subject: [Nfb-science] new blog by visually impaired oceanographer - 
withcorrected URL


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> Hi - Amy Bower here. I'm a visually impaired physical oceanographer at 
> Woods
> Hole Oceanographic Institution. I'm currently on a research cruise in the
> North Atlantic, and I've started a blog to record my experiences. The blog
> is aimed at anyone curious about how a blind or visually impaired person
> does my kind of science, in particular VI and blind students. I'm 
> including
> some information on the research we are doing, and some on how I get along
> on the ship etc. You can find the blog at:
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> http://web.whoi.edu/OceanInsight.
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> Pass it on to anyone you think might be interested.
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> Thanks.
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> -Amy
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> Dr. Amy S. Bower
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> Senior Scientist
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> Department of Physical Oceanography
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> MS #21
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> Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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> Woods Hole, MA  02543
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> V:  508-289-2781
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> F:  508-457-2181
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> C:  508-564-3663
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> E:  abower at whoi.edu
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> www:  http://www.whoi.edu/scientist/abower
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