With only two days to find and extract a sample from one of the oldest coral colonies in the world, Konrad Hughen finds himself at the bottom of the ocean with a broken drill bit.
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Barbara Abernathy has always felt at home in the ocean, but when she undergoes a bone marrow transplant, her doctor tells her she can't go into the water for a year.
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As an undergrad, Beryl Kahn takes a semester at sea after a bad breakup and gets rocked by the swells of the sea -- and her emotions.
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As an irresponsible 17-year-old, Brian D. Bradley volunteers to spend two days living at the bottom of the ocean for a research study.
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Just before she leaves for her dream opportunity to teach marine science on the Red Sea, Latasha Wright gets a call that puts her plans in jeopardy.
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Costa Rican ecologist Marco Quesada sees a new side of his country when he travels to Chira Island for a conservation project.
Read MoreJessica Hoey: Keeping the Mermaids Alive
Marine biologist Jessica Hoey tries to keep her daughter’s belief in mermaids alive.
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Marine biologist Liz Neeley is excited to be a part of a coral conservation project in Fiji, but her colleagues keep forgetting her.
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Marine biologist Skylar Bayer and first mate Thom Young find love on a boat.
Read MoreLatasha Wright: Stay on the Boat
Biologist Latasha Wright is forced to confront her fear of the ocean when she visits the coral reef she's been studying.
Read MoreDawn Wright: A Good, Old-Fashioned Sea Story
As the only black woman on a two-month voyage, Dawn Wright tries to find her place aboard scientific drill vessel JOIDES Resolution.
Read MoreAlok Jha: Ice for Days
On an expedition to Antarctica, journalist Alok Jha ends up trapped on the ice for days.
Read MoreJeffrey Schell: Caught In The Rip Current
Oceanographer Jeffrey Schell finds himself in a race against time when he encounters swimmers stuck in a dangerous rip current.
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Marine biologist Skylar Bayer faces her fears to go on a deep-ocean dive aboard the Alvin submersible, and ends up getting more than she expected.
Read MoreEliza Strickland: Lost in the deep
Science writer Eliza Strickland discovers that in the race to the bottom of the Mariana Trench the most important thing is what they leave behind.
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