Let’s create our own country! We can make all our own rules! We can take…
Read MoreSeawater
It’s complicated. We all know about tides and waves. They are just one aspect of…
Read MoreThe Impossible Voyage
Some remarkable adventurers have fallen under the radar. Take Lope Martín, for example. Though the…
Read MoreBellosguardo, ‘beautiful view’
Huguette Clark died in 2011 at the age of 104. Huguette was the sole heir…
Read MoreThe Boondocks
Nemo, The Pole of Inaccessibility In 1992 a survey engineer, Hrvoje Lukatela, calculated the most…
Read MoreAscension Island
34 sq. miles, 850 people and a cloud forest. Ascension isn’t in the Pacific but…
Read MoreThe Rainbow Blanket Octopus
The aliens have landed. The Pacific and the other oceans (welcome newly named Southern Ocean)…
Read MoreInakadate, Japan
Like much of rural Japan the village of Inakadate has a declining population. The main…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Voyage
This is a departure from my usual reporting on things related to the Pacific. But…
Read MoreMonterey
250 years ago it was rough service to be sent to that wasteland called California.…
Read MoreThe Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Often overlooked but punching far above its weight is this small museum overlooking the Pacific…
Read MoreAntarctica
There are no time zones there, you don’t need a passport and now it’s no…
Read MoreThe Buck’s NFT
This is a departure for our usual time together exploring the Pacific. Buck’s NFT is…
Read MoreGulliver’s Pacific Adventures
There is a door made of paper in the Pacific Ocean that once you step…
Read MoreCat Islands of Japan
Yeah, islands ruled by cats. In Japan there are three major and eight minor officially…
Read MoreChristmas Island’s red crab migration
This is just a way to write David Attenborough a love letter. If I were…
Read MoreDrawbridge, California
Silicon Valley has produced more technological prosperity than anywhere else in the history of humanity. …
Read MoreGet outta here!
Hey Buddy! Get offa my beach, lawn, dock, airstrip, Paris Ritz hotel lobby and all…
Read MoreSharknazis
Viewers of ersatz reality TV are interested in titillation and the once nature-oriented cable channel,…
Read MorePuff and Filler
Two islands in the corners of my mind. I am working on a project night…
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