Visit from "Dutch" and the crew

The Director, Adrian “Dutch” Schrier spoke to the club about their mission

while in Dominica.  He described their two fold purpose, first to explore

the deep reefs using their five man Curasub to explore from 200 too 1000

feet down in search of new species.  A dozen research scientists from the

Smithsonian Institute and various Universities will be participating in

these explorations of marine life and changes on the deep reefs of the

southern Caribbean.  Francois van der Hoeven spoke about the second

part of the Chapman’s mission, which is to conduct a marine archeological

expedition exploring the northwestern part of Dominica looking for

anchorage sites and possible archeological discoveries.