Sea Dragon is pressing west-northwest under sail, enjoying the last few hundred miles of good solid Trade Winds. Subject: Re: HOW TO TWEET!! From: “seadragon ” (Add as Preferred Sender) Date: Fri, May 04, 2012 8:12 pm To: Emily Penn Hi Emily, We’re going to tweet daily. After a bit […]

http://act.oceanconservancy.org/site/MessageViewer?dlv_id=24261&em_id=23223.0 April 2012 2012 Trash Index: What’s in our ocean? 600,000 volunteers joined our International Coastal Cleanup in September to keep our ocean clean. Can you guess what they found? TAKE ACTION: We need your help to protect vital fish and wildlife habitat in Alaska’s fragile Arctic. Please tell Secretary […]

We are now on our third day at sea, and starting to get into our routines.  The first few early morning watches are brutal, but after a while, being awoken for a 2am watch gets easier.  Our first night at sea we had some large swells and rough water to […]

Join us online for a voyage across the Western Pacific Ocean from: Kwajalein Atoll to Tokyo via the “Western Pacific Garbage Patch”May 1 – 23 Tokyo to Maui via the projected tsunami debris field May 30 – July 1 Our next research voyage departs on May1. The goal of this […]

After 10 days at sea, being woken up at odd times of the day or night to go on watch has become part of our daily routine. Feeling a tap on my shoulder at 5.45am I turn over and peak out of my bunk, still half in my own world […]

I woke up this morning on the ceiling. It’s not often that happens, but it’s also not often that you roll out of bed, stagger down a narrow corridor occasionally slamming into a wall due to the inconsistent angle of the floor, and then pop up the stairs to a […]