“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” Helen Keller. Written by Eric Loss – Skipper aboard Sea Dragon. photos by West Coast, Sea Dragon crew West Coast Crew Last Friday afternoon marked the unofficial end of our 2018 season, with the departure of our […]
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We’ve now completed our 2018 schedule and Sea Dragon is laid up afloat for the winter. We’re planning a major overhaul as part of our Coast Guard required 5 year survey in March, and will be starting our 2019 sailing season in May. Our social media updates will be less […]
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“Separately there was only wind, water, sail, and hull, but at my hand the four had been given purpose and direction.” Lowell Thomas Written & Photos by Ally Nobles – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. At sea for days, and the night air lightening with pending dawn. Wipe your […]
Read MoreSept 12th – 17th 2018 | Promotional Tour – COMPLETED Pangaea Exploration teamed up with AltaSea in LA, as they hosted our stay and enabled us to present and open Sea Dragon up to tours during AltaSea’s Open House on the 15th September 2018 During our stay, the third stop […]
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‘A good traveller has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving’- Lao Tzu Words & Photos below by Nibbles – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Sunrise onboard in Echo Bay en route from Seattle to Vancouver. There’s a saying somewhere, “It’s not about the destination, but the […]
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the albatross can be both an omen of good or bad luck, as well as a metaphor for a burden to be carried as penance. by Jessica MacIntosh – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. It’s hard to believe that Sea Dragon is only less than a week away from […]
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Hello from the North Pacific Gyre! (well, sort of!) by Jessica MacIntosh – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Sea Dragon has been slogging its way northeast from Hawaii towards the north pacific gyre, and we are finally arriving at the southern edge. Its been almost a week at sea with […]
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Goodbye old main sail, hellooo NEW mainsail!. by Jessica MacIntosh – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Sea Dragon has just been outfitted with a brand new main sail! – a day we have been looking forward to for a long time! Jake and Jackson from North Sails were here this […]
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 […]
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