Unique Experiences
Meet Dean Fessler - Marine Biologist and Educator
- Item Number
- 112
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Opening Bid
- 50 USD
Item Description
Dean Fessler — Marine Biologist / Educator
Meet Dean Fessler for lunch or dinner in Philadelphia or Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Dean encountered his first shark (a four-foot nurse shark) in 1978 while snorkeling off the Florida Keys as a marine biology student at the University of Miami. Dean joined the Shark Research Institute in 1991, and began studying bull and Caribbean reef sharks off the Bahamas, and sandtiger sharks off North Carolina.
In 1992, he relocated to San Diego to work with blue and mako sharks, and studied hammerhead sharks and whale sharks in the Sea of Cortez.
In 1995, Dean joined the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography where he fed and lectured about resident shark populations. In 1998, Dean relocated to South Africa to study great white sharks and worked with other scientists, underwater photographers and documentary filmmakers. Dean is the Education Director of the Shark Research Institute and a member of the famed Explorers Club.
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Item Special Note
The objective of this auction is to spotlight individuals and organizations working effectively for ocean conservation, and raise funds for field research, education and conservation projects.
Being auctioned is dinner or lunch with one the world’s foremost shark experts or celebrities. This is a unique opportunity to “talk shark” face-to-face, one-on-one, with a real authority on sharks.
How it works:
- Bid on a celebrity, shark scientist or conservationist that lives or works in your area, unless you are willing to drive or fly to meet them in their area.
- The winning bidder pays for the lunch or dinner and may bring guests.
- We will introduce the winning bidder to the celebrity, scientist or conservationist. The two of you then set a mutually agreeable date, time and place to meet within one year of the close of the auction.
All winning bids are deductible from US Federal 2017 income taxes as Charitable Donations.
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