Partner for Inaugural Live Underwater Classroom Project

The Khaled bin Sultan LIVING OCEANS Foundation today announced that Dr. Mark R. Patterson of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will lead Project SeaCAMEL (Classroom Aquarius Marine Education Live), the first in a series of "sea to shore" education missions planned by the Foundation. From November 12-14, Project SeaCAMEL's intensive coral reef studies will be Webcast live to thousands of students and ocean enthusiasts worldwide from the Aquarius Laboratory: America's "Inner Space Station." Aquarius is located on the seafloor of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, off Key Largo. It is owned by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and operated by the University of North Carolina, Wilmington...