So long and thanks for all the fish. by Charlie Triggs – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. For Shannon and I three months as deckhands on Sea Dragon are drawing to a close. We have sailed from Mexico to Hawaii, then onward to Kiribati, completed a circuit of the Phoenix Islands […]
Read MoreBack to Kanton, Briefly Written by Katherine Joyce | Graphic Designer, Communications. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 29 May 2018 Yesterday we had a whirlwind encore tour of Kanton in which we picked up our instruments, took a few water samples, deployed two temperature loggers, and I […]
Read MoreLast stop: Rawaki Written by Nathaniel Mollica | PhD student, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 25 May 2018 The last island on our tour de PIPA is Rawaki. We arrived at dawn, greeted by thousands of birds. Rawaki is different from the […]
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Research expedition to PIPA is complete. by Charlie Triggs – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Sea Dragon has just completed her Phoenix Islands research expedition with a team from the Cohen Laboratory at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). WHOI is one of the leading research bodies in the scientific field of […]
Read MoreAdventures in Nikumaroro Written by Michael Fox | PhD student Scripps Institute of Oceanography Post-doctoral Scholar-to-be Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 18 May 2018 Yesterday we arrived at Nikumaroro, perhaps the most famous of the Phoenix islands, as it is the supposed final […]
Read MoreCurrent at Kanton Written by Nathaniel Mollica | PhD student, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 08 May 2018 It’s our first day at Kanton, and the work started bright and early. Yesterday we anchored just inside Kanton’s 11 kilometer-wide (6 mile) lagoon […]
Read MoreClosing in on Kanton Written by Michael Fox | PhD student Scripps Institute of Oceanography Post-doctoral Scholar-to-be Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 08 May 2018 There was something different about the ocean this morning. On the first watch we noticed more birds than […]
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Christmas to Kanton Island – Kiribati by Jessica MacIntosh – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. As we approach Kanton Island and our passage comes to an end, there is a new energy about the boat, excitement for what is ahead. Coffee is one thing that signals the near end of a […]
Read MoreFrom Polliwogs to Shellbacks. Written by Nathaniel Mollica | PhD student, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 06 May 2018 Photo by Richard Brooks, Lightening Strike Media Productions, Palau Today reached the equator, and the science began. As the trade winds push water […]
Read MoreIt is with pleasure that we once again welcome WHOI’s Cohen Labs back aboard Sea Dragon. This time we are returning with an international team of scientists to the remote Phoenix Islands Marine Protected Area (PIPA), the planet’s largest and deepest World Heritage Site. Following a super El Niño 3 […]
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In addition to our science team and crew, there is a special inhabitant of Sea Dragon. His name is Sir Archibald Munchingham, a cunning and amusing little fellow who came aboard as stowaway near Niagara Falls during Sea Dragon’s last transit in Canadian waters. Known as nature’s engineer, Archibald’s company […]
Read More1,002 nautical miles. That’s how far we traveled without using a drop of fuel. A steady trade-wind breeze, a solid vessel, and a little sailing know-how powered those 1,002 nautical miles. Here’s some more numbers. 29 meters of coral skeleton drilled. The species we sampled grow roughly 3 millimeters per […]
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