The Bahamian Field Station (a.k.a. Gerace Research Centre; the place has gone through many name changes) is the most commonly used jumping-off place for doing geology & biology teaching and research on San Salvador Island..
The Bahamian Field Station (a.k.a. Gerace Research Centre; the place has gone through many name changes) is the most commonly used jumping-off place for doing geology & biology teaching and research on San Salvador Island..
While these worthy but premature projects failed, island conditions described in 1949 actually marked the end of an era. Grand Bahama would within two decades undergo a dramatic revitalization that had eluded the Bahamas for centuries, putting an end to many of the “primitive and rustic” conditions. .
A little-known yet fascinating bit of 20 th century United States history lies partially hidden in the steadily encroaching forest behind a beautiful Atlantic beach in central Eleuthera. Beginning in 1950, the U.S. Navy established a base here to house an experimental “Sound Surveillance System”. .
The “US Navy Experimental Facility, Eleuthera”, the base originated in November 1950 when Western Electric was selected to construct a demonstration SOSUS (Sound Surveillance System) installation on the island. This was part of the larger Project Hartwell initiated by the Americans and MIT..
This site near the Mayaguana Airport in Abrahams Bay was once the home of a U.S. military base and former tracking station built in the 1950s along with a 10,000 foot runway. The tracking station was used to help keep astronauts on course at the beginning of the U.S. space program. It has been. .
The Gerace Research Institute (GRI), formerly the Bahamian Field Station, occupies a former US Naval Base on the island of San Salvador and has been in operation for over 40 years as an educational and research institution. The Centre provides accommodations, laboratory space and logistical support. .
The Bahamian Field Station (a.k.a. Gerace Research Centre; the place has gone through many name changes) is the most commonly used jumping-off place for doing geology & biology teaching and research on San Salvador Island. The field station was an American naval station from the early 1950s to the.
