“spot still not working, think it has died” After almost 50,000 miles and 14 months continuous use, Sea Dragon is reporting that her SPOT tracker is down. We’ve lost signal. The boat and the crew are, of course, in no danger because of this. Nor is the immediate mission, but […]
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What is causing this wind?
Sea Dragon and her team are heading out into the center of the South Atlantic…and into more wind. This is a time of year when we would expect relatively calm wind, lengthening days and good conditions for the research. However, that is not what we are seeing. The team has […]
Read MoreThe Best Innovation Joins Sea Dragon
Pangaea and 5Gyres are excited to be going to sea with new kit that represents the absolute best of maritime ability and sustainable design. The crew is using the new Henri Lloyd Blue Eco line of “foulies” to work in all conditions and role model the best commercial innovation. As […]
Read MoreDay One: Feeding the Fishes
After several hours delay clearing immigration, Sea Dragon wayed anchor and wove her way out of the bay of islands that comprises the sound that would serve as our last taste of terra-firma for some thirty days. We wove our way around hazards to land’s end just at dark, […]
Read MoreInto the South Atlantic
Just a few hours ago, Sea Dragon and her renewed crew headed out to sea…again. As we all sit back tonight, the team is sailing into the night, offshore and leaving the lights of Rio behind. As with all our expeditions, and indeed all great voyages – this is about […]
Read MoreSeamount Dive Video – First Release
The just completed Brazilian Seamount Expedition has been an important project for us on many fronts. For conservation, this is the first ever look at an extremely remote, unexplored region that has great biological potential. For the team and Sea Dragon, this was also a first test of our ability […]
Read MoreNew Flat Trawl ready for testing in the South Atlantic Subtropical Gyre
Construction of the new flat trawl prototype is complete and it’s ready to go to sea! As you can see in the photo, the sides and net aperture are hinged so that they fold inward for easy storage and portability. We will have three trawl designs to compare during the […]
Read MoreBBC Radio Waves
The team recently completed the first ever dedicated look at the South Atlantic Gyre for Plastic. While Sea Dragon skirted the northern edge, the evidence was unmistakable- plastic in the Gyre. Our just completed Jaseur Bank dive expedition down the Coast of Brazil only confirmed the same, plastic debris in […]
Read MoreTransit To Rio
When working boats, well out to sea, pull in the lines, divers, nets or whatever it is they do, we go into “transit”. People who have done this know this changes everything on the boat. We become totally focused on the destination and the outside world versus the sea […]
Read MoreDeep Exploration: Operation Deep Bird
Heading out of the Seamount banks, with the shallow reef dives behind us, we now take on last shot at deep water. On our course track, WSW there is an interesting extension of the Jaseur Bank. Much smaller and more compact, this mountain rises from 4000m to a marked […]
Read MoreNever Before Seen World: The Pangaea Team At Jaseur Bank
The last few days, the team has been discovering, diving and absorbing an exceptional “undersea” landscape. Despite being over 350 miles from land and having the exact same view on the surface as we would in almost any part of the sub-tropical ocean, we have seen a genuine “other world”. […]
Read MoreFinding an island in the middle of the ocean: Jaseur Seamount, First Contact
This morning we made first contact with the Jaseur Seamount. With a day of quit weather behind us, and an advancing front that promised higher winds we crossed into the Jaseur bank shallow in the early morning hours. Our immediate target was the “reported” pinnacle of 33′ (10m). These […]
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