On board SeaDragon: Sunday 8 November The moon is a tangerine smile, the sky rich with stars. We see dolphins dancing in phosphorescent waters. A locust drops into the cockpit and we discuss whether or not to kill it. By 4 am there are thousands of them and we spend the next […]

As Sunday began we were still in the process of eradicating the last of our increasingly annoying visitors from the insect kingdom. Heather, a 62 year old former sheet metal worker from San Francisco, first referred to as the ‘mother’ of the crew has since been renamed the ‘exterminator’ for […]

So – waking up the first morning in Dakar, I had one mission: get the batteries for my underwater drone at the DHL office. As this is the very first prototype of the drone, it is not yet sized to fit in carry on luggage, and thus the batteries were […]

It seems utterly ridiculous that just as I write these words I have to count back in my head to work out what day it is today. Friday. Eight of our crew arrived at the Centre De Voile on Tuesday morning and almost immediately we were laughing at our own […]

Dakar is one of those cities that has a thousand stories to tell… everywhere you look there is something unfolding, behind every face there is mystique and even the ocean roars like no other I’ve ever seen. 12 hours after arriving here the eXXpedtiongirls already have a catalogue of stories […]

Walking along the beach to catch the launch that will take us to the Seadragon. A line of plastic along the shore. There is nothing here that I have not thrown away my self. Crisp packets, bottles, wrappers. The launch arrives at the Seadragon. The boat is smaller than I […]

An early start is always easier in the heat. I’m not entirely sure why and admittedly the first night sleeping on the boat was better than I had imagined. The temperature is palpable and I am very aware that we are still at 14 degrees north which means it will […]

Words from ONCA Director Laura Coleman and Dr Emma Camp who will be leading the Art on the Edge trip next year. Details here. Sea levels are rising, climates are changing and wild places are being lost. In Guyana, a country that straddles South America and the Caribbean, eighty per cent […]

Some words from the wonderful Andy Rogan – the deckhand on our sailing trip from Lanzarote to Dakar, Senegal! After a calm southerly sail, through a warm and stolid atmosphere enhanced by thick dust clouds rolling off from the Sahara, Sea Dragon anchored off the West African metropolis of Dakar, Senegal on […]

From Pangaea’s favourite skipper, Eric Loss. As soon as I stepped ashore in Africa I knew it was going to be a very different port from where Sea Dragon has taken me over the last few years. We walked down the wooden jetty towards the beach, stepping over gaping holes where planks had […]