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…
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Malama Monk Seal Voyage #3: French Frigate Shoals
The other morning, we woke to a view of La Perouse Pinnacle, our first sighting of land in over 24 hours. Sitting at the center of the atoll known as French Frigate Shoals, the 120-foot tall rocky outcrop is the last remnant of the original volcano. The pinnacle was named after French explorer Jean-Francois de…
Malama Monk Seal Voyage #2: Saving a Species One Pup at a Time
We woke to grey skies and a view of the island of Ni`ihau from three miles off shore. Two bottlenose dolphins porpoised off the starboard side of the Oscar Elton Sette while a few inquisitive juvenile brown boobies flew out to investigate us. A gentle rain started right as we launched our first mission of…
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…
Why The Road to Saving Monk Seals Starts at Ross Dress for Less.
I’d put it off long enough. On Sunday, I finally braved the mainland clothing discounter that opened on Kaua‘i recently. I stood under the glare of fluorescent lights and faced down row after row of clothing racks. Rudimentary signs like “tops” and “bottoms” indicated what I’d find on each rack—so many racks they would fill…
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