{"id":7483,"date":"2021-10-14T10:14:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=7483"},"modified":"2022-11-03T09:41:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T13:41:39","slug":"eckerd-tritons-florida-marine-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/eckerd-tritons-florida-marine-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd Tritons find adventure in Florida\u2019s marine environments"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; column_margin=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_tablet=&#8221;default&#8221; column_direction_phone=&#8221;default&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; row_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; row_border_radius_applies=&#8221;bg&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extraa-padding&#8221; column_padding_tablet=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_phone=&#8221;inherit&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; column_element_spacing=&#8221;default&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; column_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; gradient_direction=&#8221;left_to_right&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; tablet_width_inherit=&#8221;default&#8221; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; bg_image_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; border_type=&#8221;simple&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;] [image_with_animation image_url=&#8221;7484&#8243; animation=&#8221;Fade In&#8221; hover_animation=&#8221;none&#8221; alignment=&#8221;&#8221; border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; box_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; image_loading=&#8221;default&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width_mobile=&#8221;default&#8221;][vc_column_text]<em>One of Eckerd\u2019s most popular new clubs gives students a chance to snorkel and experience marine environments in Florida. 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We just had to fill out a Google Form \u2026 and send it over to the [Eckerd College Organization of Students (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.studentsofeckerd.org\/\">ECOS<\/a>)] president, and then we were a club,\u201d Ben recalls. \u201cIt&#8217;s just a friend group going on adventures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Explorations are planned mostly by Ben himself, although sometimes the club splits a boat charter. Trips are mainly funded by ECOS. This semester, the MLAS has a $500 budget to put toward hiring charters, renting kayaks and keeping student payments down. Most trips still require a small payment\u2014the average cost per trip is $20 to $30. Recently, the club exploded in size. Now there usually is a waitlist of about 60\u201380 people for each trip, although Ben is planning more trips to accommodate a greater number of students. Their next excursion will be Exploration Sea Cow, several weekend trips where students will rent kayaks and travel down Crystal River in search of wild manatees.<\/p>\n<p>During Exploration Wharfside on October 3, the club took three trips to Fort Dade, off Egmont Key, providing amazing opportunities to swim, snorkel and see all kinds of marine life. Thirty-three students went on the exploration\u201411 students on each trip. The last one of the day, a sunset boat ride, took members on a search for bottlenose dolphins. The sea had gotten rougher since Katie\u2019s underwater photography, and the MLAS was feeling fairly discouraged about the possibility of seeing any more animals. Just then, Caeden Bishop, a junior marine science and <a href=\"\/economics\/\">economics<\/a> student from Harvard, Massachusetts, spotted a pod of about 10 dolphins jumping in the waves, headed out to sea. 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