Webpages:
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Mount Desert Rock
www.coa.edu/islands/mount-desert-rock/ -
Great Duck Island
www.coa.edu/islands/great-duck-island/ -
Islands Program
www.coa.edu/islands/
Stories:
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NEWS
What exactly does a petrel chick smell like? [Down East]
Great Duck Island is a notoriously tough place to land a boat. There’s no dock, just a steep, slippery ramp on the island’s exposed south side, which can only be approached in a Zodiac on a day when seas are under four feet. But one afternoon late last September, a pair of students from Bar Harbor’s College of the Atlantic finessed the landing and hauled hundreds of pounds of boat and passengers partway up the ramp—saving us not only from slipping but also from the dreaded “ass slapper,” a ledge where breaking waves tend to soak one’s derriere. -
NEWS
Love of gulls leads to Goldwater award
Wriley Hodge ’24, a College of the Atlantic student with a passion for seabirds and the islands they inhabit, is named a Barry Goldwater Scholar, a prestigious, highly selective designation supporting students intending to pursue research careers in the natural sciences, engineering, and mathematics.
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NEWS
COA Summer Programs Offer Abundance of Experience
Immersive courses in field ecology and natural history, botany, and environmental journalism bring students to pristine settings in Acadia National Park and Downeast Maine coastal islands for College of the Atlantic’s pre-college Summer Field Institute.
Courses:
Faculty:
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John G.T. Anderson
Faculty, Zoology, Ecology, Animal Behavior
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Sean K. Todd
Faculty, Biology & Marine Mammals