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A Day in the Life - Water
7:30am marks the beginning of a diving day for the Thailand Expedition. Team members who are collecting data for the day set off for...
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Jul 7, 20193 min read
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Corals of the Andaman Sea
Many people think of corals as basically the plants of the sea, however corals are invertebrate animals that come in thousands of...
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Jul 3, 20192 min read
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Phuket school visit
This week the team visited the Bathchalong School in Phuket. We talked a bit about who we are, where we were from, and the projects that...
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Jun 29, 20192 min read
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Shark species of the Andaman Sea
Sharks are one of the oldest groups of animals existing today, the first sharks began to appear on the fossil record more than 400...
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Jun 28, 20193 min read
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Project Updates
Shion’s Project Week Three of the Thailand Expedition is well underway and project work has commenced. The 16th of June marked the...
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Jun 26, 20193 min read
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Weeks 1,2 & 3
The first week or two of any expedition is typically the most stressful week of any expedition, as it involves settling into new...
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Jun 21, 20192 min read
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1st few days + Gregor and Fraser's dive training!
The expedition has finally begun. The main bulk of the team have arrived and preparations for the projects have started. Before all of...
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Jun 7, 20191 min read
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Outreach in Scotland
In order to raise awareness about marine conservation the Thailand Expedition team connected with Andersons Primary School in Forres, and...
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Jun 1, 20192 min read
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Full Moon Party
After a long hard month of exams, the team met up earlier this week on Thursday evening to begin preparation for our Full Moon Party. We...
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May 24, 20191 min read
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Sponsored Beach Clean
Last Thursday the team cracked off at dawn to get down to bowling harbour for our sponsored beach clean. An early start was necessary to...
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Apr 24, 20192 min read
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Thailand X Guyana St Paddys Day Ceilidh
On the 15th of March we hosted our Ceilidh alongside our friends on the GU Guyana expedition at Glasgow University Union!!! Thanks to...
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Mar 31, 20191 min read
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Shrove Tuesday Fundraising!!
Its been a wee while since our last blog post so we thought we would give an update on our fundraising for Shrove Tuesday! On the lead up...
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Mar 7, 20191 min read
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Euroexam International Sponsorship!!!
AMAZING NEWS! We've found ourselves a sponsor: Euroexam International, a language exam board with headquarters in London and Budapest,...
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Feb 2, 20191 min read
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Shark Catch Composition and the Effects of Targeted Fishing.
For many years sharks have been perceived as fearsome creatures that pose a threat to humans due to media portrayals and sensationalised...
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Jan 16, 20192 min read
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Games Night
Last Thursday we all had a blast hosting an event in the Glasgow University Union, where we played many fun games! We gave out many...
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Jan 14, 20191 min read
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Dive Intensity and Fish Communities in the Reef Habitats off Phuket
This blog is about our project on fish communities around the coral reefs, and will be lead by Fraser! Coral reef ecosystems provide many...
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Jan 3, 20192 min read
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Holiday Update!!!
So far this semester the fundraising for next years expedition has been a great success!! We kicked off our fundraising by doing some...
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Dec 28, 20181 min read
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Sedimentation and Coral Community Composition in the Reefs off Phuket
First up in our blog post series is Shion, who will be talking about her research question which she will be collecting data for in...
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Dec 17, 20184 min read
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Meet the Team
Head to the tab 'Meet the Team' to find out more about the members of the 2019 Expedition!
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Nov 8, 20181 min read
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