It looked like someone had spilled a bottle of glitter on the sky last night. That’s how many stars were twinkling when I stepped onto the aft deck for my “seal watch.” The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lay in a curved line on a map. You’d think our route would start with the nearest—Nihoa—and follow in…
Tag: malama monk seal voyage
Malama Monk Seal Voyage #1: Departing Honolulu
For the next few weeks, this is home: the Oscar Elton Sette. We disembarked Pearl Harbor yesterday at 0900, and a small pod of spinner dolphins, a spotted eagle ray, and several turtles wished us bon voyage as we left the calm of the harbor. The skies were blue and the sun was bearing down…