As our on-board brainiac Dr Haywood wisely reminded us yesterday during a fascinating lecture on expedition planning, an expedition, no matter how much you plot and prepare, rarely goes entirely to plan…. On Monday night we spent a whole evening hunched over charts and pooling our collective knowledge of the ‘Lesser Caymans’. […]
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Day Three. We have set sail for Cayman Brac and Little Cayman!
We all cannot believe that we have only been aboard our fabulous Sea Dragon Exploration for 3 days. There is so much we have learned already. Dr. Keene Haywood is a plethora of information from explaining the science of the ecosystems and how to collect relevant information, to how to […]
Read MoreBreakfast Burritos and Grand Cayman
The intrepid crew of Sea Dragon began Monday with a hearty breakfast of burritos that would fell lesser men and women. Following a rousing round of sea shanties (plugging in the Abba and country music-filled Ipod), the crew joined together to learn about the fabulous fauna, flora, and fun facts of the […]
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I have boating experience but I am here because I have no sailing experience and wanted to try something new. It was great to finally be on Sea Dragon and meet everyone yesterday; we all seemed very excited about the next several days. Today we learned about several things: Exploration […]
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