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Feb 20, 2020 - National Geographic Quest
It wasn’t ever to be an average Thursday morning, as National Geographic Quest pulled into her anchorage at Pelican Cays. A beautiful Belizean reef fringed the island, calling snorkelers and kayakers alike to join in and play. Paddleboards, Zodiacs – the whole gamut of waterborne toy craft came to the beach to welcome guests.
As a young marine biologist, Alyssa Adler has had the opportunity to work as a diver in many capacities. For several years, she was a dedicated AAUS scientific diver for University of North Carolina on an offshore reef ecology project, and has participated in several of NOAA’s reef survey missions. She has been diving with National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions as an underwater videographer and ocean educator since 2014 and has fostered a love for the poles and extreme cold-water diving, spending most of her time underwater in sub-freezing temperatures.
Sarah was raised on a multi-generational family dairy farm, established circa 1815 in Lucas, Ohio. Consequently, her first paying job was milking cows! Rewarding as it was to get paid for the first time, she found her passion behind the lens of a camera. Growing up on the farm gave her not only a strong work ethic but also the love of nature and being outdoors.