Sights of Hebrides and Skye – Darwin200
The beauty of the Western Isles is captured here: https://darwin200.com/sights-of-hebrides-and-skye/
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Video and Featured Image: Dr Rohan Holt
Darwin200 UK: Last Day!
I’m back on the Pelican of London for the final day of the voyage: up the Thames, through Tower Bridge (twice) and the final docking at Canary wharf. It feels strange to be socially distancing […]
Darwin200 day 21: through Pentland Firth and South
We are waking up to a beautiful morning, 25 knots of wind, a following sea and just an hour of foul tide before approaching Pentland Firth. Perfect timing by an excellent captain and crew! Pelican […]
Darwin200 day 20: leaving Skye
Another beautiful morning aboard the Pelican of London. We’ve set sail to head North through the Minch, where we’ll watch out for the blue men of the sea calling… the stories of the Selkie. The […]
Darwin 200 day 18 later: pottering between Raasay and Skye
With the beautiful backdrop of the Inner Hebrides, we’ve got a day packed with science and filming. The diving team is studying the benthos and once more bring specimen aboard. This starfish is regrowing several […]
Darwin 200 day 15: education and hard tack!
Some (seals) are lazily digesting their food … … while we going live with ‘education by the seats of our pants’ to hundreds of schools around the world with the stories of sailing and science […]
Darwin200 day 12: fair winds
My day started at 06:00 with a profile of the water column to check salinity, oxygen saturation, temperature and pH. After breakfast we commenced to be busy with Happy Hour, which means daily cleaning chores […]
Darwin200 day 10: Kerrara to Lochaline
A hike across the island of Kerrara this morning led us to beautiful beaches. A systematic plastic survey for the Marine Conservation Society was led by Kerry and, sadly, turned up hundreds of individual items […]
Darwin200 day 9: back to Scotland!
The morning started with a bit of excitement when Kerry spotted a basking shark before breakfast. We started our daily cetacean survey after scrubbing the decks and cleaning below. Highlights included common dolphins leaping clean […]
