Mrs. Kazuko Sakaida stood on the deck in front of her childhood home as the rumbling roar of a million tons of water, pushed trees, cars and houses over her family’s rice fields. She put up her hands to brace herself, to cover her fear, to hold back the surge. […]
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Volunteering in Fukushima-
Hi everyone, 8 of us traveled north of Fukushima to volunteer with a relief organization. We helped an 80 yr. old woman by shoveling 5 tons of rock away from the back of her house. We spent the night, then rented a car to drive further north to visit some […]
Read MoreScientists observe ‘tragic experiment’ of tsunami debris by Tony Barbosa, Los Angeles Times
Jeff Larson has seen just about everything wash up on the shores of Santa Cruz: bottles, toys, shotgun shells, busted surfboards and fishing floats that looked like they had bobbed across the Pacific. When surging water driven by the magnitude 9.0 earthquake in Japan tore apart his city’s harbor, he […]
Read MoreLooking back in time with Danny Loo-Cabo to Hawaii
Back in February, I was asked by my friend Dave Cornthwaite if I wanted to help him document his latest adventure – a sailing trip from Cabo, Mexico to Honolulu Hawaii. The brief of the trip was to document the experience using video and stills which would be used by […]
Read MoreShip to Shore Education Program Registration is Now Open!
Algalita Marine Research Institute- Ship-2-Shore Education Program – Registration is now open! Join us online for a voyage across the Pacific Ocean from: Tokyo to Maui via the projected Tsunami Debris Field: May 30 – July 1 Our next research voyage departs on May30. The goal of this extended voyage […]
Read MoreSea dragon has arrived!!!! Well done team!
From our captain on the Sea Dragon…
Our position at 20:00 GMT today is 26 47 N, 150 21.4. Our heading is 310 Mag, and winds are less than 10 knots from the South. It has been light fot the past few days so we have been sailing slow or motoring with sails up at times to […]
Read More“There’s an Masked Booby sitting on top of it,” Cynthia says
25.13N, 153.56E May 14th The New Reef “Net ball!” Hank yelled. It turns out to be a 500lb ball of netting, rope and line from over 80 sources, all different, and fragments of commercial products, including 3 toothbushes, 1 cigarette lighter and two plastic straws. The bulk of these, and […]
Read MoreBoat sailing well…
Here is a snip of recent email in from the skipper Rodrigo… Hi Ron: Apologies fewer e mails and updates, its been kind of full on, learning the boat, getting used to it and finding what she likes and doesn’t like. Must say, I am very impressed with the performance […]
Read MoreUpdate from the Sea Dragon’s crew-What does a garbage patch look like?
Today the Expedition crew encountered some big plastic garbage northwest of the the Marshalls (click here to see the position of where it was found– zoom out to get landmass context) These pictures just came through on email from our team at sea just a few moments ago (15:04 PST) […]
Read MoreMidway, a film by Chris Jordan
In Midway island, located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, humans don’t live, only birds, but…… look at what happens there!!!! Regrettable http://www.midwayfilm.com Image by Jan Vozenilek
Read MoreFISH ON! Wahoo! No Plastic in Her Stomach
“Fish on!” Hank yells. I can hear it through the small window that divides my bunk, where I was sleeping, to the back deck, where Hank, Tyler and Shanlee are gathered to reel in our first catch of the trip. “It’s a tuna…no…a Wahoo,” Shanlee says with excitement. She’s recently […]
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