Sept 12th – 17th 2018 | Promotional Tour – COMPLETED Pangaea Exploration teamed up with AltaSea in LA, as they hosted our stay and enabled us to present and open Sea Dragon up to tours during AltaSea’s Open House on the 15th September 2018 During our stay, the third stop […]
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A Plastic Albatross
the albatross can be both an omen of good or bad luck, as well as a metaphor for a burden to be carried as penance. by Jessica MacIntosh – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. It’s hard to believe that Sea Dragon is only less than a week away from […]
Read MoreReturn to the Phoenix Islands – May 06
From Polliwogs to Shellbacks. Written by Nathaniel Mollica | PhD student, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 06 May 2018 Photo by Richard Brooks, Lightening Strike Media Productions, Palau Today reached the equator, and the science began. As the trade winds push water […]
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Officially A Sailor
by Damona Brown – Guest Crew Manta Trawling on Sea Dragon Today, at sea it was very calm and eventful I began on watch duty at 12pm. Then, Dr. Edwards decided to include some science. We took out the Manta trawl and set it up in the sea to catch […]
Read MoreAll aboard in Horta, Azores
by Keanan Jenkins – Guest Crew Pavement art Horta Marina Today, Sea Dragon is setting sail with its newest crew members from Faial to Sao Jorge in the Azores. Many of the guest crew are brand new to sailing and are excited to be crewing a ship of this magnitude. […]
Read MoreA ‘swell’ ride to Barbados
The power of the ocean can take your breath away, as the women aboard Sea Dragon this week for our Caribbean eXXpedition have found out. From feeling on top of the world to sea sick in a bucket, many emotions have been experienced in the two day and night passage […]
Read MoreMermaids unite for Caribbean 2017 on Sea Dragon
The arrival of the new crew on board Sea Dragon, sees eXXpedition Caribbean get underway, for their 8-day island hop through the Caribbean. 8 glorious days of science, sea, stories and sunshine. Excited conversations, inspiring stories, laughter, happiness, and anticipation filled the air as eleven strong, powerful and inspiring women came together […]
Read MoreOn the water with global sailing brand Sperry
By Cath Hough For our next adventure global sailing brand ‘Sperry’ sponsored a group of international travelers from across Europe to educate and ignite the spirit of sea-based exploration. The young ambassadors have been plucked out of their element and into the Oceans in a hope of opening not only […]
Read MoreLast day on board Sea Dragon
Today was the day. The last one we have aboard Sea Dragon. Feelings shift between bliss and hope for a shower with hot, high-pressured water (a commodity not yet found among the ship). While others, long for that first cold beer to squelch the lukewarm water we have had access […]
Read MoreLast Sunset
It’s Saturday, the day before the nine of us alongside Eric, Shanley, Nicole, and Keene end our journey sailing and exploring the wonders of the Cayman Islands. I feel I speak for all of us when I say that this past week of living, eating, diving, and sailing together on our […]
Read MoreAloha Friday! The Adventure Continues. . .
Like most things that involve the ocean and nature, expecting the unexpected is almost a given. Things rarely go as planned, unless you are lucky. We were not so lucky. Today was planned to be an exploration of Cayman Brac, kite mapping, finding the Teignmouth Electron, and diving. Those plans were […]
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Good Food, Good Fun, and Valuable Life Lessons.
The crew woke up and started the day with an awesome 7:30 breakfast which consisted of savory french toast bites and delicious scrambled eggs cooked by Christine and Courtney, our two chefs for the day. We then went along with our plans to go kite mapping and drove the boat to the […]
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