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, […]
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Into 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 […]
Read MorePreparing for an Expedition- Jaseur Bank
Sea Dragon is heading south, slowly out of the hot tropics and towards an important and entirely new sort of mission. Leaving the hot, humid, coastal port of Recife we could feel the influence of the giant Amazon wet forest to our west and north. Even the ooastline has […]
Read MoreExploring the underwater world of Ascension Island
by Gigi I was so tempted to get into the water after 14 days sailing, I couldn’t wait any longer…We were finally anchored In Clarence Bay, Ascension Island, and getting wet was a must! The following morning Dougal and myself were among the first up (of course Jordan was already […]
Read More50 Years of Dive History joins Pangaea and 5Gyres
Like many mission oriented groups, Pangaea and 5Gyres actively look for external partners that share our vision and passion- in our case for Exploration and conservation of the world’s oceans. We are very pleased to announce an important new partnership with Sherwood Scuba. Sherwood is one of the absolutely foundational […]
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