eXXpedition Round Britain is a three-part mission aboard S/V Sea Dragon, circumnavigating Great Britain in August/September 2017
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Sea Dragon in the Sargasso Sea
Sea Dragon and the Pangaea crew have been having a wonderful time in Bermuda! They arrived in Hamilton after a 6-day transit from Key West on on May 18th. Since the arrival, Pangaea has joined forces with the Greenrock’s Bermuda Alliance for the Sargasso Sea project, or BASS. See the […]
Read MoreThe Fires of Change by Asta Mail, Great Lakes Expedition Coordinator
Asta Mail, Great Lakes Expedition Coordinator asta@panexplore.com 1835. French political thinker and Historian Alexis de Tocqueville gazes upon the South coast of Lake Eerie, aboard the steamboat Ohio. He is 26 years old, and in the midst of touring the continental United States, writing his signature novel ‘Democracy in America’. […]
Read MorePangaea Explorations Announces its Summer Expedition to the Great Lakes
By Asta Mail, Great Lakes Expedition Coordinator asta@panexplore.com FOR THE SUMMER 0F 2013, PANGAEA DECIDED TO GO BIG AND GO FRESH. Will Smith in his early days No, we’re not leaving marine exploration to start our rap careers. We’re going exploring, somewhere no Sea Dragon has gone before. We wanted […]
Read MoreSea Dragon and Team from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reached Jarvis Island
Sea Dragon and her WHOI team are now on station at Jarvis Island. This former military base is now part of the large US marine reserve in the region. Here is a quote from the US Fish and Wildlife website that gives a sense of just how far o ut […]
Read MoreWelcome to Palmyra by Samantha Whitcraft, Shark Savers International
Shark Savers International Aboard Pangaea Explorations S/V Sea Dragon, Expedition – Line Islands, Equatorial Pacific Palmyra Atoll is special in so many ways; it is a wildlife refuge and a research field station; it is remote, pristine and forested. But one of the best things about Palmyra is the ‘welcome […]
Read MoreFifteen Shades of Blue By Samantha Whitcraft, Shark Savers International
Photo: Samantha Whitcraft Day 3, Pangaea Explorations’ Line Islands Expedition, Aboard S/V Sea Dragon, approximately 416 miles south-southwest of Oahu, Hawaii headed to Palmyra Atoll. While steering our boat towards an ever-distant horizon, the seas roll under the bow hour after hour. I can’t help but marvel at the azure […]
Read MoreThe Northern Line Islands await Sea Dragon
Island 1 of 10: PALMYRA. Population: 12. Shark population: 85% of the biomass of the underwater world Island 2 of 10: TERAINA. Population: 1,400. Constant breaking waves on all sides, landing will be interesting – no wonder they are so isolated. Island 3 of 10: TABUAERAN. Population: 2500. Communication with […]
Read MoreAdventurers sail through wave of tsunami debris–from the Guardian.
Adventurers sail through wave of tsunami debris Team track tsunami debris from Japan’s disaster to gain insight into how plastic pollution travels across the world’s oceans The floating dock from Japan that has washed up on a beach in Oregon, US. Photograph: Reuters/Oregon parks department The Pacific Ocean is a […]
Read MoreMidway Atoll, Midnight Philosophy, and A Plastic Buffet For Albatrosses.
We’re just west of Midway Atoll and we’ve found the sun, thankfully. Sea Dragon is dried out, but we’re under provisioned and almost entirely out of vegetables (even canned) and the watermaker is acting up (again) and so the crew isn’t allowed fresh water showers. We have 1500 liters of […]
Read MoreFeeling Low 1005, a Gale, and The Synthetic Specter on Deck
Well, at least we’re consistent on this voyage. We’re like a magnet for crap weather out here and once again have found ourselves stuck in a low pressure system that’s spewing big winds, drenching us in torrential downpours and making my eyes glue to the barometer for any signs of […]
Read MoreGhost Ship: A Lost Skiff Off 1500 miles off The Coast Of Japan
Position: 29°11.9 North 170°35.2 East “It’s a whale” yells Tracey from above deck. I’m eating humus below in the salon with Dani, after forgoing Kelvin’s lunch of fried Kim Chi with rice and seaweed. Wildlife sightings are like breaking news aboard Sea Dragon, sometimes the only demarcation from one day […]
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