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A pair of white minivans rolls up on the dirt lot of Wickford Boat Yard. When the doors slide open, a dozen high school kids from Providence emerge, yawning and stretching as if it’s much earlier than 9 a.m. They make their way toward the University research vessel Cap’n Bert, which will take the group to two different locations to trawl for sharks and other marine life. Some of the students have never been aboard a boat for a saltwater expedition, and they seem a bit quieter than other members of the group. ...

Brad Wetherbee said the idea for the URI Shark Camp came to him after noticing he wasn't seeing a whole lot of diversity in his first-year classes.

>> welcome back. summer camp for kisaid -- kids can be a lot of fun for art and swim sports. this is one you probably have not heard about. shark camp. we have the story from ocean springs, mississippi. hunting. capturing and holding the ocean's top predator with your bear hands. this is not the typical camp for kids . >> it is intense and fear it might bite you. real life shark work for kids gives campers close encount ares with prehistoric hunters and it is all in the name of