by Bryson Hoe | Apr 10, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Hye Jung Kim It was not until I got involved with the Polynesian Voyaging Society that I started to think more about where I come from and the history of my ancestors. Funny how I have to be all the way in Hawaiʻi to get to appreciate my Korean ancestry!...
by Bryson Hoe | Mar 23, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Austin Kino On March 19th , 2016 the crew of Hōkūle’a spent their first official day exploring Cuba. With an early morning pickup from the Ernest Hemmingway Marina, crewmembers had their first opportunity to drive through the city and take in all of...
by Bryson Hoe | Feb 19, 2016 | Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Science, Teachers, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
World renowned oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle reflected, “I had an opportunity to go to Midway Island, way out there at the outermost part of this beautiful island. I met a lot of wild creatures there, including a bird. This bird, named Wisdom, was banded in the...
by Bryson Hoe | Jan 18, 2016 | Education, Environment, Malama Honua, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
The Polynesian Voyaging Society (PVS) has teamed up with the United States Forest Service and Kōkua Hawaii Foundation to encourage fourth grade students in Hawaii and across the United States to go outside and explore public lands and waters. The three organizations...
by Bryson Hoe | Jan 13, 2016 | Education, Environment, Malama Honua Selects, Newsletter, Teachers, Video Stories, World Wide Voyage
Nainoa Thompson, pwo navigator and President of the Polynesian Voyaging Society said, “You know there’s two giant voyages right. One is the physical movement of Hōkūleʻa around the world like a needle that pulls this thread to sew a lei of aloha to the...
by Bryson Hoe | Dec 4, 2015 | Education, Environment, Newsletter, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
Worldwide Voyage crewmembers and students of Ke Kā o Makaliʻi visit Cape Agulhas, South Africa, the meeting point of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. Hōkūleʻa had sailed past this point en route to Cape Town. About Cape Agulhas Geographical extremes capture the...