by Alison Andrews | Sep 20, 2016 | Curriculum, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (PMNM, or the Monument) is home to more than 7,000 species, including the oldest animals on Earth – black corals that have lived for more than 4,000 years. The Monument, encompassing the 10 islands and atolls of the...
by Alison Andrews | Aug 9, 2016 | Curriculum, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Bay of Fundy. Image courtesy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Hōkūleʻa was in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia this week! The Bay of Fundy is known for having one of the most extreme tidal ranges in the world. Hawaiʻi, on the other hand, is...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 8, 2016 | Education, Environment, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, Updates, World Wide Voyage
As the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage that launched from Hawaii in 2014 continues, crew members of Hōkūleʻa found themselves this week at one of the most amazing natural sites in North America – the Bay of Fundy. Nestled between the Canadian maritime provinces of...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 6, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Environment, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nāʻālehu Anthony Today we spent the day at Hopewell Rocks in New Brunswick Canada. We were hoping to catch the enormous tide going in and coming out on this new moon that adds at least a few feet to the regular tidal surge. We are estimating that the total...
by Bryson Hoe | Aug 3, 2016 | Crew Blogs, Newsletter, Photo Galleries, Teachers, World Wide Voyage
Written by Nā’ālehu Anthony: Today the “land waʻa” crew – Navigator Kālepa Baybayan, Keala Kimura and myself – picked up a car with the ambitious mission of driving across Nova Scotia and into New Brunswick to take the Voyage a little further north,...