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| If you know of a site that should be listed in our useful links, please email Missy@gobroadreach.com! Find us on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter! Check us out on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/SummerAdventures, http://www.facebook.com/AcademicTreks and http://www.facebook.com/broadreach. While you're there, become a fan! Watch our videos on our YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/broadreachandat. Follow us on Twitter! You'll find us at http://twitter.com/gobroadreach and http://twitter.com/goacademictreks. Alumni and Staff in the News Broadreach alumnus Kilby Bronstein was honored in Buffalo as the "Outstanding Youth Philanthropist of the Year"! Read about the impressive volunteer work (including service on our Costa Rica Experience) that earned her this award in The Buffalo News Online. Bravo Kilby! Thinking about becoming a Master Diver? Read about Sinai Experience alumni Katie James experience earning her certification on Sport Diver Magazine's website at http://www.sportdiver.com/article/Bonus-Coverage/Master-Diver/. Read about a Broadreach trip leader's perspective on leading our trips in the Caribbean at http://www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/shortterm/articles/work-leading-teen-adventure-tours.shtml. Program Related Sites Participants on Broadreach's Caribbean live-aboard scuba and sailing programs have the opportunity to earn sailing certifications through International Yachtmaster Training (IYT). IYT was established in 1998 and has become the world's leading provider of yacht training services. Their mission is to provide the highest standards of marine training and safety awareness to both the professional and the recreational yachting industry through its membership schools worldwide. To learn more, go to their site at http://www.iytworld.com. Broadreach and Broadreach's Academic Treks partners with Lesley University to offer college credit to our students on selected programs. Lesley University is a diverse, coeducational university based in Cambridge, MA, with a strong national presence and distributed learning sites in 22 states and Israel. To learn more about Lesley, visit http://www.lesley.edu/. Read about sharks and Academic Treks Shark Studies program on the Beqa Adventure Divers' blog at http://fijisharkdiving.blogspot.com/2008/06/shark-studies-in-fiji.html and http://fijisharkdiving.blogspot.com/2008/12/goin-college.html . On our Costa Rica programs we visit Hacienda Pozo Azul for the ultimate adventure activities in Costa Rica. To learn more about their horseback riding programs, canopy tours, rafting, and unique accommodation see their website at http://www.pozoazul.com. Broadreach and Academic Treks have several programs that explore the Caribbean's world-renowned marine parks, designed to safeguard endangered marine resources while allowing for their sustainable use. Learn about these magnificent marine parks at http://www.sabapark.org/, http://www.statiapark.org/, and http://www.st-barths.com/marine-reserve/index.html. On Broadreach's Underwater Discoveries program, we dive some great sites on the island of St Eustatius with guides from the local dive shop, Golden Rock Dive Center. Also known as Statia, this island is the historical gem of the Caribbean, once one of the key trading ports of the 17th century. Today visitors will find artifacts of days gone past both above and below the sea in one of the most diverse marine ecosystems in the Caribbean. "Statia" boasts not only great historical shipwrecks, but also pristine coral reefs, walls, and modern shipwrecks. To find out more about diving Statia, check out the site for the Golden Rock Dive Center, http://www.goldenrockdive.com, or give them a call at 011-599-318-2964 or 1-800-311-6658. On our Australia Down Under program we dive for a week while living aboard the Undersea Explorer. To check out the boat and learn more about this incredible marine research vessel, see their website at http://www.undersea.com.au. Broadreach's Academic Treks offers a program called Marine Mammal Adventure that focuses on marine mammals in Canada. Part of the program takes place at the Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre, Canada's premier coastal research and teaching facility. Situated in Barkley Sound and adjacent to Pacific Rim National Park, BMSC offers unparalleled access to a wide array of environments including unique coastal, marine and rainforest habitats and exceptional species diversity. To learn more, go to http://www.bms.bc.ca and http://www.oceanlink.island.net . Our Marine Biology Accredited program takes place at the impressive Gerace Research Centre in the Bahamas. To learn more about the Centre, go to www.geraceresearchcentre.com . Broadreach and Academic Treks conducts Reef surveys on many programs. Founded in 1996, Reef Check is a volunteer, ocean conservation organization designed to save coral reefs globally and temperate reefs in California. Reef Check is active in over 82 countries and territories throughout the world. To learn more, go to http://www.reefcheck.org . Academic Treks students work with the Caribbean Conservation Corporation (CCC) in Costa Rica to help save sea turtles on our Sea Turtle Studies program. CCC, founded by Dr. Archie Carr and others, has as its mission the protection of sea turtles and the habitats upon which they depend. To achieve its mission, CCC uses research, habitat protection, public education, community outreach, networking and advocacy as its basic tools. To learn more, go to http://www.cccturtle.org/. We visit St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Arc of the Caribbean and Grenadines Voyage. Learn more about these beautiful islands including their fascinating history at http://www.svgtourism.com/. For those interested in our Sinai Experience, learn more about St. Catherine's Monastery and the Burning Bush, as well as the monk from El Paso who is working to preserve the Monastery's important library at http://www.orthodoxnews.netfirms.com/184/Give.htm. This article was printed in Parade Magazine May 15, 2005. Other sites related to Broadreach On every Broadreach program, at least one staff member has completed Wilderness First Responder (WFR) or Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) training. Many Broadreach leaders complete their WFR training with Wilderness Medical Associates, one of the world's leaders in wilderness medical training. Established in the late 1970s, they now teach wilderness medicine training programs across the United States and around the world. For more information on Wilderness Medical Associates and the many programs and services they provide, check out http://www.wildmed.com. On April 15th, 2002 Broadreach alum Dustin Green (AG1 2001) died tragically in an automobile accident in Raleigh, NC. Dustin was a person who brightened up a room, always had a kind word to say and constantly wore a smile on his face. His family decided to celebrate Dustin's life by creating Dustin's GreenHouse, a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating today's youth for tomorrow through support for a variety of causes including educational travel. Tripp Costas is the first person awarded a Travel Scholarship by Dustin's GreenHouse. Tripp will be going to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands summer 2002 with Broadreach - the same trip that Dustin took after his senior year. To learn more about Dustin's GreenHouse, go to http://dustinsgreenhouse.org . Cool Scuba Diving Sites Close your eyes and picture taking the whole family on a trip to Curacao, Grand Cayman, Bonaire, Honduras, Galapagos or even Fiji. Imagine a relaxing enjoyable fun filled vacation for the entire family with time apart and time together. Kids ages 4-16 go scuba diving and learn about the ocean, and they become dolphin trainers and Seal Team experts or Open water divers, while mom and dad, grandparents, aunts and uncles all enjoy a relaxing ocean oriented vacation in exotic locations around the world. For more information, check out Kids Sea Camp at http://www.kidsseacamp.com/. Seen on Travel Channel, and appearing on Discovery Channel Kids This fall. Give the whole family a week they will remember forever. The End of the Line?, a new report by Oceana and WildAid, provides an overview of the factors affecting the survival of sharks, as well as a call to action to reduce the demand for shark products and implement solutions as part of the global effort. The consumption of sharks and shark products are driving shark populations to extinction, and this new report serves as a wake-up call to act now. Check out the report at http://www.oceana.org/sharks/shark-report/. Attention underwater photographers! (Or anyone with an interest in taking pictures underwater.) Wetpixel is a community dedicated to underwater photography and videography. They host news, features, reviews, photo contests, and a forum where thousands of underwater photographers share images and discuss photography techniques. There are lots of beautiful and cool images to see, so check it out at http://www.wetpixel.com/. Broadreach is proud to be a PADI Five Star Gold Palm Facility. Learn more about PADI, the Professional Association of Dive Instructors, at PADI.com. Diver's Alert Network (DAN) is recreational diving's safety and health organization, supported by the world's largest association of SCUBA divers. DAN is a non-profit organization that offers divers many services, and it is the leading authority and research center for sport diving medical issues. Broadreach is proud to be one of the few organizations to be awarded the DAN Partners in Dive Safety distinction. To check out DAN's website click on http://www.diversalertnetwork.org. For those interested in learning more about the underwater world - check out CoralRealm.com. Their comprehensive site offers marine life feature articles, species descriptions, professional underwater photography, video clips and other resources that you won't find on any other web site! Sport Diver Magazine is a must read for the avid scuba diver. The official magazine of the PADI Diving Society, Sport Diver features beautiful photography and fantastic articles each month. Check out their website at SportDiver.com. We use Scubapro gear on our programs because of the high performance and quality of their gear. We highly recommend Scubapro equipment to all of our participants. You can find out more about Scubapro on-line at their website http://www.scubapro.com. Sites created by Broadreachers Mike Hill has posted a site with some wonderful photos and stories from the HMS1 2001 trip. Don't miss it if you are interested in this trip! Go to http://teknix2.tripod.com/index.html. Broadreacher Nick Feakins created his Broadreach Underground site in 1998 after doing our Marine Biology Accredited program in Turks and Caicos. (MBA has since relocated to Eleuthera.) The site has grown over the years to include journals, photos and tales of adventure from Honduras Marine Studies 1999 and now the Fiji Vanuatu Quest 2001. This site is definitely worth a visit... As David Letterman once said so eloquently, "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll rub your eyes in disbelief." Check it out at http://www.invausa.com/broadreach.html. Broadreacher Matisse Williams has put together a great site dedicated to the crew and friends of UWD14 2001. Check out her photos and a favorite BR quote at http://www.geocities.com/tissa4388/. Staff Sites Attention all catamaran lovers! Broadreach sailing instructor Andy Schell wrote a great article about sailing catamarans called "Cool for Cats - Sail Trim Tips for Cruising Catamarans" that you can read at http://www.allatsea.net/specificissueeditorial.php?featureid=2303. Broadreach staff member Rachel Rumsey (Sinai Experience 2000, Underwater Discoveries 2001 and Adventures Down Under 2002) has put together a fantastic website dedicated to her worldwide adventures. Don't miss it at http://www.lobstersonice.com . Broadreach staff member Dave Carpenter has an unquenchable thirst for travel and adventure. He has traveled the world over, on trips most people only dream about. Until recently, Dave had visited every continent but one - Antarctica. Not to leave this icy part of the world out, Dave managed to find a job working for the winter at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica. Dave is a great storyteller and photographer. He is sharing his experiences on-line at his website http://davecarpenter.tripod.com/ . Check it out! Ada Adele Arbuckle first came on Broadreach as a student in 1997. After several years as a participant and intern, she joined our staff on the MBA program and on ARC in 2006, and also worked in our office full time. The Greensboro News-Record wrote a really nice article on her year with Habitat for Humanity Americorps which you can read at http://www.news-record.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060212/NEWSREC010101/602120312/. Other Cool Sites FlightStats offers lots of useful information and features related to commercial air travel. You can check the current status of flights to and from major airports in the world by route, flight number or airline. You can also get specific details about specific airports, including weather, delays, security wait times and more. Want to track the status of flights? FlightAware tracks thousands of flights, using real-time FAA data. The home page features a stunning satellite image of North America, showing the position of all flights currently in the air. Check out http://www.campbound.com to find all kinds of great equipment and clothing for your trip. |
