Dale Stokes received his B.Sc. (honors) in Biology and Geology from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. This was followed by a Ph.D. in Oceanography from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California. Dale then went on to 2 years of post-doctoral work at Stanford University’s, Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, California. He is currently employed as a Project Scientist (Level II) in the Marine Physical Laboratory at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has participated in 15 research cruises, dedicated to studying both the biologic and physical environment of the oceans. Dale has experience on a diversity of surface and submersible vessels including: D. Steiger (US Navy), New Horizon (Scripps), Sproul (Scripps), FLIP (Scripps), Vector (Canadian Fisheries), Thomas Thompson (Univ. Washington), Laney Chouest (US Navy), Atlantis (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute), A-II (Woods Hole) and with the submersibles Turtle (US Navy), SeaCliff (US Navy), ATV (US Navy), ALVIN (Woods Hole) and Delta (Delta Oceanographics). He has experience in the Antarctic having worked on the under-ice communities of the McMurdo Sound and other locations and having worked in both polar regions for NASA and NSF. In his spare time he is an avid rock climber and underwater photographer. The Education Network of Ontario features Dr. Stokes’ research as part of its online curriculum. Read about Dr. Dale’s Adventures in the Arctic, the Pacific, and Antarctica.