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Locations: Cartagena, Colombia; Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; Papeete, French Polynesia
Program Terms: Spring Semester
Homepage: CLICK TO VISIT
Program Sponsor: Seamester Study Abroad

Dates / Deadlines:

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Fact Sheet:

Fact Sheet:
Click here for a definition of this term Class Status:	1st year, 2nd year, 3rd year, 4th year, Graduate student	Minimum GPA Requirement:	2.5
Click here for a definition of this term Open to Non-UVa Students:	No	Housing:	With program group
Language of Instruction:	English	Click here for a definition of this term Credit Type:	Transfer Credit
Click here for a definition of this term Program Type:	Field Study/ Experiential	Click here for a definition of this term Tuition Payments Made To:	Program Provider
Click here for a definition of this term Advising Appointment Required:	Yes	Click here for a definition of this term Education Abroad Advisor:	Boris Escalona Berbetty
Click here for a definition of this term Application Fee:	Yes	Click here for a definition of this term Study Abroad Administrative Fee:	Yes
Click here for a definition of this term Subject Area:	Communications, Cultural Studies, Environmental Sciences, Geography, Global Studies, Independent Study, Service Learning

Program Description:

Caribbean to Tahiti

90 Days aboard S/Y Argo

Academic courses (12 credits): oceanography, marine biology, basic seamanship, leadership
6,500 Nautical Miles via Panama, Galapagos, The Marquesas

Sail to Bonaire and awake to flocks of Venezuelan flamingos flying through a misty sunrise. Toss the dock lines up to the lock workers of the Panama Canal, cross the lake and prepare to enter the Pacific Ocean. Watch the latitude hesitate on zero as we cross the equator. See blue-footed booby birds hitching a ride on deck back to the Galapagos Archipelago. Linger no more as every day of the next 20 will be spent at sea until we make landfall in the Polynesian Islands of the Marquesas, the place where Paul Gauguin found his inspiration and love. You too will love arriving in Tahiti in the Society Islands, but, after all, that's just a place to secure the schooner. You will have secured lifetime memories along the way.