At 1200 UTC on November 29 Sea Dragon is at 31.38.5S / 007.58.9W. With the expedition well over half way through, we ask Anna and Marcus… What is the most surprising thing you have experienced thus far on the voyage? Two weeks ago, before the onset of the epic seas and […]
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South Atlantic Gyre: Under the Weather
NOTE: this blog is crossed over from the 5Gyres site, sent in from Sea Dragon by Anna Cummins, just this morning on the Sat Phone. 5:30 am. 5th straight day of screaming southern seas. We’re still heading South East to try and escape a bit of this weather system, but […]
Read MoreDay One: Feeding the Fishes
After several hours delay clearing immigration, Sea Dragon wayed anchor and wove her way out of the bay of islands that comprises the sound that would serve as our last taste of terra-firma for some thirty days. We wove our way around hazards to land’s end just at dark, […]
Read MoreInto the South Atlantic
Just a few hours ago, Sea Dragon and her renewed crew headed out to sea…again. As we all sit back tonight, the team is sailing into the night, offshore and leaving the lights of Rio behind. As with all our expeditions, and indeed all great voyages – this is about […]
Read More50 Years of Dive History joins Pangaea and 5Gyres
Like many mission oriented groups, Pangaea and 5Gyres actively look for external partners that share our vision and passion- in our case for Exploration and conservation of the world’s oceans. We are very pleased to announce an important new partnership with Sherwood Scuba. Sherwood is one of the absolutely foundational […]
Read MoreA Whale Swims Through Our Stain: Plastic Everywhere Enroute To Ascension.
A whale breaches a mile away, blowing just below the surface before descending back to the depths, rolling forward raising its tail flukes then repeating the performance as we part-company. As we continue our research mission heading for Ascension Island, the whale continues his life living and feeding in […]
Read MoreSnagging nets
Sea Dragon team reported in today with wind speeds up to 30kts in short squall gusts. Boat moving at 9 kts straight and smooth ENE toward the Brazilian Islands of Trindad and Vaz. These two volcanic outposts sit like rock sentinels 800+ miles out in the open Atlantic. The trawl, […]
Read MoreGoing To Sea: A Plastic Tale Full Circle.
The taxi driver asked if I wanted to smoke. ‘No’ I said, watching the dawn rise as we drove downtown. He unwrapped a new packet of cigarettes– perhaps he was really asking if I minded him smoking. Driving through a shanty area across a heavily polluted river the smell […]
Read MoreNo Island
One of the toughest parts of conservation, business, family life or any human endeavor seems to be facing reality. We all spend alot of time looking around the issues, skimming the surface and fighting on the margins. Staring down the problem in its unvarnished truth is as tough as it […]
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Today is important. It is the 100th anniversary of a man, and frankly, an era that has driven so much change in our relationship with the sea. Born in the south of France on June 11, 1910 Jacques Cousteau would have been 100 today. He lived close enough to that […]
Read MoreMixing Art and Science
That’s it, right there, the first time I saw the ocean- only 14 years old… We recently had a chance to sit down to eat, talk and learn with a man that has been an inspiration to many of us in ocean conservation- and a one that thinks very differently […]
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