Recent post from the Bamfield Historical Society “During a fierce snowstorm on the evening of February 28th, 1976, the seiner Bruce 1 struck the rocks off Cape Beale, five miles SW of Bamfield. Immediately all four crew were fighting for survival in the frigid waters. The skipper Stan Beale and Randy West clung to a semi-inflated life-raft. Reid Dobell and Rusty Waters were swept onto semi-submerged rocks battered by waves.

Bamfield is experiencing a bloom of coccolithophore! They are super small photosynthesizers (2 microns max size). They are armoured: they have "sculpted" calcium carbonate (chalky) shell plates on the outside. Google Emiliana huxleyii to see their nanoscopic beauty. Read links to climate change to understand more. These nanoplankton can teach us about the power of tsawalk and collective action, to go even deeper. They are so small yet together, they can be seen from space. An

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