Another great thing about being a marine biologist: the toys. This week I bought a new camera with a fancy ikelite underwater housing, a portable hard drive for backing stuff up in the field, a GPS and a bright yellow Pelican case to keep everything safe and dry. Hurrah for research budgets!
Becks is a marine ecology PhD student, living in Queensland (Australia), Dumaguete (Philippines) and London (UK). Marinegirl is her online alter-ego. She dreamt her up as as super-gorgeous superhero saving the underwater world (if you've seen Captain Planet, you get the idea). She is not, and never will be, in the marines.