After a whirlwind week following the development of an idea with a friend I find myself enrolled, active and catching-up with my fellow students on the inaugural Circular Economy PG Certificate course, exciting times. The course run by the University of Bradford in partnership with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation is […]

With Sea Dragon parked quietly in and all in pieces (Dale!) for her refit, the Pangaea team is satisfying their water needs in other places. One of us recently had a chance to run a series of cave dives in Central Florida, and then the awesome underwater-underground land of Mexico’s […]

Like commercial airplanes, ships and big trucks, Sea Dragon is a complex machine that deserves alot of careful attention. Operating in tough, remote and unforgiving environments she needs go for months on end, keeping her crew safe and productive. Part of making this possible, is her exceptional design and on […]

We at Pangaea are deeply concerned about threats to the oceans future. Overfishing, debris pollution like the “garbage patches” we have seen now in three four oceanic gyres, chemical pollution that our friends at Safe Planet work on, acidification, habitat destruction, invasive species as we saw in the Canary Islands…. […]

The Pangaea team works hard to advance marine conservation and education- through our expeditions, partnerships and most importantly guest crew. Today, we want to take a minute…or a few words here… to recognize a fantastic example of bringing the ocean and the adventure of exploration to all of us. Dr. […]

Arriving in Juan de Fuca strait after 20 days at sea looking for plastic debris it was a surprise to have the strongest winds of our voyage. We raced across the channel with staysail and 2 reefs in the main and entered into the beautiful harbour town of Victoria on […]

As we start sailing expeditions…so we end them with that critical message over the sat phone: Inbox > Message Detail Subject: Arrival Vancouver From: “Sea Dragon 02? (Add as Preferred Sender) Date: Wed, Jul 27, 2011 5:19 pm To: Emily Penn , Ron Ritter 1715 local Sea Dragon moored alongside […]

Over a decade ago a sailor returning from Hawaii ventured through the North Pacific high en-route to California, what he saw and reported spawned a whole new environmental issue; plastic, man-made synthetic waste floating in abundance in our ocean. Our own research expeditions have taken us through the global gyres […]

HAWAII-VANCOUVER-ALGALITA VOYAGE Hawaii-Oahu Dream Islands,a picture of perfection in the tourist brochures. Certainly beautiful,warm clear waters,great people.Big thanks to Garry Ka’aihue,family and friends for all the Aloha that only Islanders know how to share, and the gifts given on departure especially the whale bone carving of a Honu(Turtle), a sacred […]

Hawaii-Oahu Dream Islands,a picture of perfection in the tourist brochures. Certainly beautiful,warm clear waters,great people.Big thanks to Garry Ka’aihue,family and friends for all the Aloha that only Islanders know how to share, and the gifts given on departure especially the whale bone carving of a Honu(Turtle), a sacred animal for […]