We’re skirting along the northern edge of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, the largest marine protected area on the planet, established only 6 years ago. The ocean is the last frontier of conservation, with less than 1% currently set aside as a safe haven for marine life. For comparison,12% of land has […]

We’re still far north of the boundaries of the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, so a few days ago we pulled in the high-speed trawl and ended our sampling of the sea for plastic. Our research is done. Without having the exact counts and weights for this sample, I can at least say […]

Typically, typhoon season in the North Atlantic starts in the summer—yes.  Summer doesn’t officially start until the 21st, but like all things weather this year, things are whacky—normally you don’t get full blown typhoons until mid July into September, but this year is starting with a bang.  We’ve weathered the […]

If you haven’t googled “Mandy Barker, SOUP” do so.  Crewmember and photographic artist Mandy Barker from Leeds, UK has a series called SOUP–which pretty much went viral when her images hit the internet. Her work is based on the North Pacific Gyre, and she photographs plastic ‘rubbish’ collected from beaches […]

Let me start with a very clear statement – all forecasts indicate that Sea Dragon and her crew are SAFE! Now that being clear, we should really marvel at the unbelievable power of the sea- Super Typhoon Guchol is now forecast to peak at a powerful 160 kts driving 45+ […]

We’re in the thick of it.  After delay upon delay getting out of port; weather, mechanical and an unfortunate illness that knocked out one of our crew from making the voyage (Shout out Nick Mallos, we miss you buddy), we’re now finally out to sea. We’re trying to bash our […]