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Women describe life at sea.
Not all oceanographers have their perspectives on the ocean shaped by experiences at sea. Take Kathie Kelly. She does not venture out on a ship, dive in a submarine, or even go to the beach to conduct her research. Instead, she experiences the ocean through satellite images and numbers on her computer. While she may miss out on the excitement of a life on the open ocean, the copious amounts of data at her fingertips more than make up for it.