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City of Everett shown intact in a painting and then after being underwater 87 years. Other image is of The SS Meteor - A restored Great Lakes Whaleback Steamer, similar to The City of Everett. The City of Everett was the first American steamship to go through the Suez Canal and to circumnavigate the globe. She was in use until she sank in a storm in 1923. She was recently discovered in the Gulf of Mexico by members Michael Barnette, FN09 and Joseph Citelli, MN09 

 



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Events

04/28/2012 The Priest's Grotto - 500 Day Cave Survival Story - - HOSTED BY SOUTHERN FLORIDA CHAPTER
Chris Nicola, FR 04 Tells the Story of 38 Ukrainian Jews who survived 500 days in a cave to escape the Holocaust. In 1943, the odds of a Ukrainian Jew surviving World War II were less than 5%. Hitlers final solution had reached a climax and Stalin was enforcing a scorched earth policy. For Jews, there was no safe place left to hide. Or was there? In 1993, veteran caver Chris Nicola FR '04 became one of the first Americans to explore Ukraine's famous Gypsum Giant cave systems. During an expedition into the tenth longest cave in the world, his team came across two partially intact stone walls and other signs of habitation. Over 10 years, Chris pieced together an astonishing and poignant story of the 38-member Stermer family who survived the Holocaust in a labyrinth of caves known as the Priests Grotto. Faced with isolation, sensory deprivation and the constant threat of starvation, each of them had to adapt to their hostile new environment. They built lanterns from old bottles, gathered water from the caves lakes, and developed an ingenious ventilation system. In the spring of 1944, they emerged weak and jaundiced, barely able to recognize one another in the light. Come hear about Chris quest to bring their story of survival to life. It is a story that combines history and survival with the power of family love. His mission has lead to the formation of the Priest's Grotto Heritage Project, a special project in which the grandchildren of the Priest's Grotto Survivors are working with the grandchildren of Ukraine's Nazi occupiers to build an exhibit for a local museum as a way to honor the Priest's Grotto Survivors and 14,000 of their friends and relatives who perished at the hands of the Nazis. As a very special treat, there is a possibility that three of the survivors will attend this presentation. Chris Nicola will have a few copies of his best selling book The Secrets of the Priests Grotto available for purchase. Space is limited and because this is likely to be a very popular event, please reserve early. Meeting to be held in Miami. Our cash bar opens at 5:00 PM, dinner will be served at 6:00 PM with the lecture to follow. Menu choices are either boneless breast of chicken or Sole Florentine. Charge for this event is $40 per person and reservations are essential.Please confirm your attendance by completing the PayPal form with your meal selections and number of guests here: EVENTS TRANSACTIONS PAGE
03/04/2012 Denise Herzing Presents Highlights Of Dolphin Research
Denise Herzing, PhD, FN 04, presents highlights from years in the field with wild dolphins in the Bahamas. She will share stories from three generations of dolphins, their trials of life and death in the wild, and their complex communication and behavior. Her presentation is full of underwater pictures, videos and sounds illuminating their lives underwater. She will also discuss the development of new technology for potential two way communication between dolphins and humans. Dr. Denise Herzing, Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project has completed 27 years of her long-term study of the Atlantic spotted dolphins inhabiting Bahamian waters. She received her B.S. in Marine Zoology in 1979; her M.A. in Behavioral Biology in 1988; and her Ph.D. in Behavioral Biology/Environmental Studies in 1993. She is an Affiliate Assistant Professor in Biological Sciences and in the Department of Psychology at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida. In 2008 Dr. Herzing received a Guggenheim Fellowship. She is a fellow in the Explorers Club, a scientific advisor for the Lifeboat Foundation and the American Cetacean Society, and on the Board of Schoolyard Films. Dr. Herzing has authored and co-authored many papers in the fields of whale biology, animal communication, and human consciousness. Coverage of her work with the spotted dolphins has appeared in National Geographic, New York Times, BBC Wildlife, Ocean Realm and Sonar magazines. Her work has been featured on Nature, Discovery Channel, PBS, ABC network television, BBC in England and NHK in Japan. Check out her project web site: http://www.wilddolphinproject.org/ Meeting to be held in Ft Lauderdale. Please join us for this exceptional presentation. Our cash bar opens at 5:30 PM, dinner will be served at 6:30 PM with the lecture to follow. Charge for this event is $35.00 per person. Dinner will be a choice of filet mignon or salmon. Please specify your choice for main course. Please confirm your attendance by completing the PayPal form with your meal selections and number of guests here:

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01/15/2012 Meeting with Lecture: Pole to Pole - HOSTED BY SOUTHERN FLORIDA CHAPTER
Please join us for a very special presentation on Sunday, January 15, 2012 in Ft Lauderdale where we will be treated to a presentation by National Geographic photographer Anne L. Doubilet, FR 02, who will take us on a journey From Pole to Pole: The Arctic, Papua New Guinea and the Antarctic. Anne Doubilet is an underwater explorer, writer and photographer who has logged thousands of dives worldwide as a freelance photographer and for National Geographic Magazine on 34 stories about the seas. Illustrated by spectacular photographs, this presentation will take us from corals throughout the Indo Pacific to penguins clustered on Antarctic islands to polar bears on shrinking Arctic ice. Our cash bar opens at 5:30 PM, dinner will be served at 6:30 PM with the lecture to follow. Charge for this event is $40.00 per person and reservations are essential. Please confirm your attendance by completing the PayPal form with your meal selections and number of guests here: EVENTS TRANSACTIONS PAGE
12/11/2011 HOLIDAY PARTY & ANNUAL MEETING & SHOW and TELL! - HOSTED BY SOUTHERN FLORIDA CHAPTER
SUNDAY, December 11, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Miami Shores Country Club, 10000 Biscayne Blvd, Miami Shores, FL 33138 The cash bar opens at 5:30 PM, dinner will be served at 6:30 PM with show and tell to follow. Charge for this event is $40.00 per person. The menu choice will be boneless breast of chicken with mango chutney or salmon with hollandaise dill sauce. We must have your menu choice by Wednesday, December 7 or we will choose for you.
10/23/2011 Ancient Trade Routes of Mesoamerica: Jade, Cacao, and Long Count Calendar Dates on the Move
Traveling from Guatamala to be our speaker, we are honored to have the esteemed Mary Lou Ridinger, FI '90, the archaeologist who discovered the lost Maya Jade Mines some 35 years ago.
05/01/2011 A Visit To The Former Al Capone House on Palm Island
Members and guests*, please join us from 3 PM to 6 PM on Sunday, May 1, 2011 for a walk-through at one of the oldest homes in Miami Beach, the former Al Capone house on Palm Island. * Not open to the public, by invitation only.
04/03/2011 Field Trip to Zoo Miami (formerly Miami Metrozoo)
Private narrated tram tour (approximately 2 hours) with zookeeper talks at paddocks along the way; special presentation by the Amphitheatre zookeepers; deli lunch at a lakeside pavilion.
03/05/2011 The Discovery of The City of Everett
Joe Citelli, MN '09 & Michael Barnette, FN '09 discovered the wreck of the steamer 'The City of Everett' some 150 miles out in the Gulf Of Mexico in 400' of water.
02/20/2011 The Evolution of the Arctic Submarine
Captain Alfred Scott McLaren, USN (Ret.), Ph.D., FE '71, Past President of the Explorers Club, on "The Evolution of the Arctic Submarine."