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Garett
(11 yrs.) and Brooke (9 yrs.) Taylor are seasoned ocean travelers, having sailed
with their father on the Research Vessel Tiburon throughout the Caribbean and
South Atlantic. Both are snorkelers and scuba divers, comfortable at depths up
to 100 ft./30 m. Garett has the distinction of being the youngest
REEF-certified [Reef Environmental Education Foundation] volunteer fish counter,
passing his test of identifying one hundred fish species at the age of 5.
Accompanying their father on various research expeditions has meant they have
not only met marine scientists, but have been involved first hand in the field
research. They have measured sharks, assisting as tracking monitors are placed
into the dorsal fin; identified fish species killed as by-product catch of
shrimpers’ trawling; observed great white and tiger sharks from inside a dive
cage; and observed behaviors and swam with spotted dolphin pods. They are youth
advisors for
MagicPorthole.org, a Yale based National Science Foundation funded childrens
education site. These young explorers have now expanded their geographic range
with an expedition to the Canadian High Arctic (May of 2007) Inuit tribe at
Resolute Bay, just 175 miles south of the North Pole, as members of the
Wild Blue Kids Arctic explorers’
team. Follow their blog's live
from May 20th to the 27th , 2007
 
 
  
 
 
  
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