From Polliwogs to Shellbacks. Written by Nathaniel Mollica | PhD student, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute. 06 May 2018 Photo by Richard Brooks, Lightening Strike Media Productions, Palau Today reached the equator, and the science began. As the trade winds push water […]
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Its beginning to feel a lot like Christmas.. Island
Christmas Island – Kiribati by Charlie Triggs – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. After three hours sleep since my 00:00 till 04:00 watch, I came up the companion way into an overcast and breezy morning. At 002.03.9N, 157.37.7W Christmas Island had appeared on the horizon as a long line of coconut […]
Read MoreReturn to the Phoenix Islands Protected Area 2018 – May 04
It is with pleasure that we once again welcome WHOI’s Cohen Labs back aboard Sea Dragon. This time we are returning with an international team of scientists to the remote Phoenix Islands Marine Protected Area (PIPA), the planetโs largest and deepest World Heritage Site. Following a super El Niรฑo 3 […]
Read MoreBeing a deckhand onboard Sea Dragon
All hands on deck by Charlie Triggs – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. At any one time Pangea Exploration can have between one and three deckhands that help the skipper and first mate to run their ex BT Global Challenge 72ft cutter. Sea Dragon is a MCA category zero coded vessel […]
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The art of provisioning
Hawaii to Kiritimati by Charlie Triggs – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Its been another busy week for Sea Dragon. We arrived in Hawaii on Friday 13th April and have been moored in the Ko Olina resort which is 17 miles up the coast from Honolulu. There are four manmade lagoons […]
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The weather outside isโฆ
โฆPretty splendid! by Charlie Triggs – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Header image by Jen pate We have had good visibility, northern and easterly winds up to 10-15 knots, <3ft waves and temperatures of 70 โ 80OF. This has made for some beautiful sailing and provided lots of opportunities to play […]
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The Sea and the Inevitably Seen
Reflections by Ally Nobles – Guest aboard Sea Dragon. When I was a kid, I remember sitting in the backseat of my parentsโ car looking out the window to the moon, blank, following me home โ or so Iโd exclaim excitedly. Some things donโt change. Still as I helm westward […]
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Open Ocean
The Ocean holds something different, for each and everyone of us by Andy Rogan – Guest aboard Sea Dragon. If you were to be dropped anywhere on our planetโs surface, chances are high that you would be on the open oceans. The oceans are the dominant geographical feature of our […]
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SPRING BREAK IN CABOOSSS!
โBaja California Sur by Charlie Triggs – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. Sea Dragon, although bound to the dock, has enjoyed the last few days in Cabos San Lucas, Baja California. Morning maintenance, a change over of crew, starter motor mayhem, and lots of tacos have all been on the cards […]
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Miscellaneous Nibbles from Underway:
The Pacific by Ally Nobles – Guest aboard Sea Dragon. Day 1/227 Hearing: Andrew Bird โ Distant Stations I am living in a dream. Frigates swoop endlessly above. They never flap or flounder. A slight but unwavering breeze is comprisable to carry. The sun is also unforgiving here. — […]
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Pacific Plastic Paradise
Plastic Paradise by Jen Pate – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. “The most important thing we extract from the ocean is our existence.” Sylvia Earle, World Ocean Summit 2014 Weโve reached the halfway point – a day of celebration and appreciation among the small crew on our passage from Panama to […]
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The Largest & Deepest of them all.
The Pacific by Iona Taylor – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. โIt rolls the mid-most waters of the world, the Indian Ocean and Atlantic being just its arms.โ โ Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale On Tuesday 27th February we left the back drop of the urban metropolis of Panama City, […]
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