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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">As the SSV
<i>Robert C. Seamans</i> sails from Hawai’i to California, be sure to follow along via “Pacific Crossing 2020.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">SEA is telling the story of the Pacific Ocean through ArcGIS StoryMaps. For those unfamiliar with StoryMaps, it’s a software platform that presents immersive stories combining text,
interactive maps, and multimedia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Cued by the location of the ship, as well as reports and data collected by the crew, and under the direction of Virtual Chief Scientist Dr. Jan Witting, faculty on shore and at sea
will present oceanographic, historic, and marine perspectives on wide-ranging topics, from ocean plastics to 19th century whaling. These will be in the form of written text, graphics, images, and 20-minute videos.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">Pacific Crossing 2020 can be easily accessed through a link on the SEA homepage, or directly here: <a href="https://www.sea.edu/pacific-crossing?fbclid=IwAR0bXwQA9zByvGEsSMIROxUg33CsQOXScfTiUsSN7FtIVyiEmRj0i0BVW1o" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"inherit",serif;color:#385898">https://www.sea.edu/pacific-crossing</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1D2129">We encourage you to follow along on this virtual exploration of the Pacific Ocean!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A">Doug Karlson</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#4A4A4A"><br>
Marketing & Communications Coordinator<br>
Sea Education Association <br>
P.O. Box 6 • Woods Hole, MA 02543<br>
<b>t:</b> 508.540.3954 x523<br>
www.sea.edu | #SEASemester<br>
<a href="https://www.sea.edu/documents/e_signatures/dkarlson.html"><span style="color:blue">SEA Fact Sheet</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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