We set out from Key West yesterday evening after making some final preparations and having dinner on the deck. We hoisted our sails in the midst of a fleet of catamarans and old-time schooners taking tourists out for a sunset cruise, which made for a very pleasant sendoff.
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The generator on Sea Dragon is a pernicious beast, a result of taking full advantage of the available space, which leaves next to no room to actually work on it place. Instead, once a year we spend 4 days or so dismantling the walls and ceiling, hooking up block and tackle to overhead beams, and after unbolting and disconnecting everything connected to the generator, haul its 400 pounds out of the engine room and lower it into the hallway where we can easily access all sides of it to check that all is well.
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If you walk a bit further South along the waterfront, you’ll soon come to the best show in Key West. At first, it is a bit unprepossessing – what is this grey-haired, scraggly man wearing outrageous cat socks doing with all those cages?
Read MoreIt’s good to be back in Bermuda. Just a few months ago we were here conducting research in the Sargasso with an alliance of researchers led by BAMZ, the loudly acronymed Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo, before we headed north to the Great Lakes for a summer of fresh water. […]
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Mitch McLean, Pangaea’s tireless intern and deckhand extraordinaire, volunteered his time and efforts day after day to make sure that everything on board ran smoothly. He did so with the honest intentions of putting his education and his passion for adventure to good use, and we think he did both […]
Read MoreSea 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 MoreBy 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 MoreShark 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 MorePhoto: 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 MoreIsland 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 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 MoreWe’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 […]
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