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    Summer course offers ocean experience
    In the College of the Atlantic Islands Through Time program, rising high school juniors and seniors gain college credit while exploring marine biology, field ecology, history, literature, writing, art, and public policy with COA faculty on Downeast Maine islands and in Acadia National Park.
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    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.
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    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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