This morning started off pretty relaxed with a presentation about the ecological impacts in the Cook Inlet. We did a lot of brainstorming about the processes and steps to trying to understand how the environment is being affected currently and how to try to help. Later on we went to the Alaska Islands and Ocean Visitor Center where we learned about the research they do on seabird populations and habits on the Kachemak Bay, which is home to the largest seabird refuge in the world. They’ll send scientists out to the islands for months in the summer to do their research on different seabird species and how they can help keep the populations and environment healthy. We got to look around the different exhibits around the Center about different species and important work and research they do on the islands. They even had one where we got to see how much the tides changed and where they were currently. Once we got back to the cabins it was time to finish our volleyball tournament. We had been playing a tournament throughout our trip and tonight was the final match. After a fun and hardfought week of playing Lara and I were against Cody and Annabelle. It was a close game but in the end Lara and I won the game 21-15. Afterwards we were given trophies for being the champions of the volleyball tournament. 

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