Oceans Live '97

Site Tour - Center for Marine Resources Studies

Charlie Smithwick, one of the two site managers, tries to keep the SFS research center truck running. It seems like there's always something to fix on the truck....

The Cast of Characters

This gallery shows a few of the people who keep the SFS center running efficiently. Their time, effort and talents help make the School for Field Studies on South Caicos Island a safe, enjoyable and functioning facility.

Images courtesy of Drew Van Voorhees, Senior Intern at the School for Field Studies, South Caicos Island.


Ganger Lockhart, SFS site maintenance person, also spends time working on the truck. Ganger has an uncanny ability for repairing things that seem irreparable. How does he do it...?

Izzy, the SFS center's extraordinary cook, prepares a feast of hamburgers for the students and staff. Mmmmmm....Can't you just smell those burgers now......
Layton Mills keeps the site clean, safe, and landscaped. Friendly and talkative, he is also the local expert on reggae music and Bob Marley. Without Layton, the SFS center wouldn't be the same.

The interns are also an invaluable resource on the site. Here, Amy Buchanan is filling up the dive tanks with air. There is no SCUBA diving unless someone takes on this task. Tanks, Amy!