Black Sea

ports were Montego Bay, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. We had four sea days and three port days. The days at sea were very different than the days at port. My favorite day out of all seven days was the fourth day. The fourth day we stopped at Grand Cayman. Grand Cayman was beautiful. I was also very excited because we were planning on going snorkeling and swimming with stingrays! I was going to spend the majority of the day in the Caribbean Sea. We got off the ship at seven o’clock in the morning.…

are, Alicia, Celeste and Yaritza. We are here to try and convince you to keep this endangered specie, the Hawksbills Sea Turtle as safe and protected as possible. Like many sea turtles, hawksbill sea turtles are critically endangered due mostly to human impact. The Hawksbill Sea Turtle is usually amber colored and richly patterned, with radiating streaks of lighter brown and black which is a reason why they are being killed for their stunning shell and flesh which is used for jewelry. Their…

Species taxonomy- The Olive Ridley Sea Turtle belongs to the kingdom: Animalia, the Phylum: Chordata, the Class: Reptilia, the Order: Testudines, Family: Cheloniidae, Genus: Lepidochelys, and its species is olivacea. Thus the Olive Ridley Sea Turtle’s scientific name is Lepidochelys olivacea. (NOAA, 2014) In Spanish the Olive Ridley is called Golfina. (Sea turtle Inc., 2016) There is only one other animal in the genus Lepidochelys and it is the Kemp’s Rideys Sea Turtle: Kingdom: Animalia,…

Fun fact, it is not named the green sea turtle because of the color of its shell, which is usually not green but brown, dark olive or black. It’s green because of the color of its subdermal (another word for under the skin) body fat. In Addition, green sea turtles can grow to be as long as 5 feet head to tail and can weigh up to 350 pounds. They tend to live for quite a while, reaching sexual maturity…

1. Greece emerged on a small mountainous peninsula, that was only about 45,000 miles. The sea and mountains played vital roles in the growth of Greece. The seas were used to venture out and establish colonies that aided in the expansion of the civilization throughout the Mediterranean area. The first state of Greece was Mycenae, which flourished between 1600 and 100 B.C.E. It was established when a group of Indo-European people gained control over the Greek mainland. The civilization was made…

The green sea turtle is an ancient and unique creature that swims all over the world to share its beauty. The green sea turtle has been around for over one hundred million years. Not only is this creature beautiful, but also has many other outstanding features to share with the world. These reptiles are remarkable for their strong sense of navigation and direction and can come back to the same beach that they nested months, even years ago, to lay more eggs. Green sea turtles travel numerous…

Around the world today leatherback sea turtles are being killed at an alarming rate due to a variety of circumstances. From the commercial fishing industry to poaching, the population of this species has declined significantly over the past fifty years. However, there are ways to prevent this downward spiral. Through an educational approach, marine biologists and environmentalists should collaborate to form a nonprofit group to protect leatherback sea turtles throughout the world. Dermochelys…

the Spanish Empire, as pirates raid the sea defining any laws that come their way. There is a total of four movies out with a new one to be released this year. Each movie portrays Jack Sparrow as a witty, selfish, cunning and adventurous captain. All the characteristics of a pirate, of course, which leads him into never ending troubles with the British Empire to the East India Trading Company. His only desire is to raid the seven seas in his boat the Black Pearl, but there always seems to be an…

mestizo. The French and the Indians had a compromise during the 17th century in which they agreed to trade within each other fur, which was very important in the economy not only to the Indians but also the French. In the canoe, one is able to see a black cat on a leash, a bird on the son’s lap and birds in the sky. It can be assumed, its spring since the father and son are wearing long sleeves. Also, the trees look full and the sky is somewhat clear with the sunlight shining from the northwest…

The five themes of geography include location, place, human environment interaction, movement, and region. They help answer questions such as where is it located, what it is like, what is the relationship between the humans and the environment, how places connect with one another, why is one similar to the other. In 1984, the National Council for Geographic Education and the Association of American Geographers felt the need to arrange the way geography students learned about areas. Thus, these…