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Sea Education Association’s free public lecture series resumes Sunday, Oct. 23 at 1 p.m. with “Voyaging Transatlantic: Gales & Whales!” by SEA Professor Audrey Meyer. The lecture will be held at James L. Madden Center Lecture Hall, Sea Education Center, 171 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth. It is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. About the Lecture Sea Education Association (SEA) has made several voyages across the Atlantic during its 45-year history, including month-long transatlantic expeditions from Woods Hole to Cork, Ireland over the past three summers. Students aboard these voyages studied spatial patterns in ocean ecology and the shifting state of the North Atlantic marine ecosystem. They examined the richness and variety of marine life across the Atlantic basin in conjunction with the underlying physical and chemical conditions influencing those populations. In this lecture, Dr. Meyer will present some of the scientific research completed during these voyages, highlight the weather challenges of sailing across the North Atlantic, as describe the exciting sightings of numerous megafauna along the way. About the Lecturer Dr. Audrey W. Meyer is a Professor of Oceanography at Sea Education Association where she has worked in various capacities for 20 years. She served as Chief Scientist on two crossings of the North Atlantic, as well as on a number of other SEA Semester programs in the Pacific. Dr. Meyer’s research interests center on marine geology and the stratigraphy and evolution of ocean basins. Her long career as a science educator also includes more than a decade teaching science and math courses at Falmouth Academy. About Sea Education Association/SEA Semester® Sea Education Association (SEA) is an internationally recognized leader in undergraduate ocean education. For 45 years and with more than one million nautical miles sailed, SEA has educated students about the world’s oceans through its Boston University accredited study abroad program, SEA Semester. SEA/SEA Semester is based on Cape Cod in the oceanographic research community of Woods Hole, Massachusetts and has two research vessels: the SSV Corwith Cramer, operating in the Atlantic Ocean, and the SSV Robert C. Seamans, operating in the Pacific. In 2016, SEA was honored with the National Science Board’s Public Service Award for its role in promoting the public understanding of science and engineering.