Unique Experiences
Meet Marie Levine - International Shark Conservationist
- Item Number
- 121
- Estimated Value
- Priceless
- Sold
- 50 USD to campbecket
- Number of Bids
- 1 - Bid History
Item Description
Marie Levine — International Shark Conservationist
Meet for lunch or dinner in Princeton, NJ
This is a unique opportunity to “talk shark” one-on-one with Marie Levine, Founder of the Shark Research Institute.
In the mid-1980s, while studying sharks in South Africa, she re-opened the South African Shark Attack File, interviewing more than 1,200 victims, witnesses, and medical personnel. Today, she also serves as Archivist of the Global Shark Attack File.
Marie works to secure protection for sharks at national and international levels such as CITES and CMS.
She studied and worked with white sharks and whale sharks in South Africa and has dived with sharks in 44 countries during the past +30 years. She is a Fellow of the famed Explorers Club, and has led four Flag Expeditions for the Club. She is also in the Women Divers Hall of Fame and has served on its board.
In addition to articles in popular and scientific journals, she has authored two children's books on sharks.
www.sharks.org
www.sharkattackfile.net
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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