The Hi-Speed Trawl, our original design for optimizing time at sea by collecting surface samples at 8 knots, has just come out of the water. We towed it for 55 nautical miles outside the accumulation zone of the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre. The result, two large visable fragments among a […]
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Robinson Crusoe Island – and the Scottish lure of the Bag Monster
502 miles and 4 days from Valdivia, Chile, we arrive on Robinson Crusoe Island, a volcanic pinnacle rising over 500 meters above the sea, and only 7 miles long from its furthest points. 6:00am the Sea Dragon idles into the protected harbor, “It’s looks larger than I imagined,” Clive […]
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Noontime position: 37 54.7 South, 74 04.3 West We’re underway! 11 of us stand on deck, soaking in the stunning view as we navigate our way through the gorgeous channels that wend lazily from Valdivia to the sea. Picturesque little villages break up the thick, green forests bordering us on […]
Read MoreA Beach Without Plastic Pollution is Hard to Find
Half of the South Pacific Gyre Expedition Team took a trip to Neibla, Chile to see the sea. We are two days away from venturing into the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre, the last of the unexplored 5 subtropical gyres in the world. On the bus we were all talking about […]
Read MoreShip’s Log Day 8, March 12, 2011
We stopped last night in a TINY village called Puerto Eden. We had to stay there for the night and wait out the aftershocks of the earthquake in Japan. Everyone was worried about Tsunamis around the world. We are pretty far from Japan but it is better to be safe […]
Read MoreShip’s Log Day 9, March 13, 2011
the cove we are in Currently we are holed up in a little cove waiting out yet more weather. We are going to get going about 9 or so this evening again. We are on the midnight to 4am shift this time. Oh, that will be fun! 🙂 We […]
Read MoreCrew safe post tsunami
Just in from Sea Dragon… “We were given the all clear at 0800 local time to proceed and are headed north initially visiting Seno Iceberg before planning to cross the Golfo de Penas.” I’m sure there are many relieved friends and family knowing the crew are safe. All our thoughts […]
Read MoreTsunami update
Friends and family Following the imense earthquake off Japan this morning there are Tsunami alerts around the Pacific basin. After consulting with Pangaea Explorations, the Chilean Navy and after seeking all avaliable information we are anchored in a small fishing town called Puerto Eden off the Messier Channel. The crew […]
Read MoreShips Log Saturday March 5, 2011
Hello to everyone from the Beagle Channel! I hope this finds you well. We are underway and about 10 hours into our journey. So far we have taken 3 hour shifts. Duties include steering the boat (yes, really), recording each hour in the logbook, watching for rocks, kelp, other boats, […]
Read MoreInto the Pacific
In August of 1519, Ferdinand Magellan left Spain with five wooden ships and 234 men. He was headed west to the Orient, down through the Atlantic and into the Pacific. His maps went no further than the east coast of South America. European trading vessels had probed as far east […]
Read MoreHove to
A note from Jeff Ernst just in from the boat: We made good time down the Coast of Argentina for the first several days of our trip, then came a day and a half of calm, followed by a good solid 35 knot blow right from our intended direction. […]
Read MoreGaining Momentum!
Algalita’s 2011 Summer North Pacific Gyre Voyage Gaining Momentum! Top Research Organization’s Eco-Adventure to the North Pacific Gyre from Oahu to Vancouver, B.C. has a few spaces still open. LONG BEACH, CA. Feb. 8, 2011–Environmentalists, researchers and adventure-seekers are being offered the rare opportunity to join one of the world’s […]
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