Five Weeks Below the Hull
Well, we just left the monument a few hours ago and are headed home, due in the Port of Honolulu at 8 a.m. tomorrow. Between...
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Nicky Wright
Reflections on the Seafloor: Multibeam Backscatter
The days are sailing by as the crew and science team aboard Falkor continue to work together to map the more northwestern seamounts of the...
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Nicky Wright
Creating Vision from Sound
Multibeam Mapping Falkor is continuing its journey up through the waters of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. We are presently off Lisianski Island, our farthest...
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Jonathan Tree
Mowing Gardner’s Garden
After eight days of mowing back and forth in the waters surrounding Gardner Pinnacles, Falkor's sonar system has revealed a secret garden of geologic delights. For...
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Nicky Wright
A Ridge of Monumental Proportions
We are finally able to show you our first major survey area of leg two, which we have now completed. Our target was an unusually...
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Brian Shiro
Seamounts Have Magnetic Personalities
The Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument encompasses a vast area larger than all U.S. national parks combined. We came here to map the seafloor around the...
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Rachel Orange
A Historical View
NOAA, which manages the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, gives a cultural briefing to groups working there that covers the history of Native Hawaiian navigation and...
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Colleen Peters
More of a Good Thing
It’s been just three weeks since we returned to Honolulu after our first 36-day cruise to the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, but we’re already preparing...
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