The JRH is coming home

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Apr 172013
 

This morning aboard the tugboat Sentry, Jordan & Markus and the whole tug boat crew finally made contact with the James Robert Hanssen. Today is a great day.

This was no small feat, and was the product of intense collaboration between many faces and organizations. We’ll tell you all about them in our next post.

In the meantime, getting this vitally important scientific data back, and preserving the documentary film footage was very expensive, and will help tell the story for future generations, and inspire and educate others to understand and conserve our vital natural resources.

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Just Another Sunrise part 2

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Apr 142013
 

To the life raft!

It had been close to 4 hours since we had capsized, Adam and I had been rowing since 2am with no rest, and none of us had eaten a full meal since 1900 hours the night before.  It was time to rest, recoup, and come up with a plan of attack for getting the boat upright.  After tossing around a few ideas for future plans and busting out the only reading material on the life raft, a mini bible, we settled in.  The unmistakable roar of a flat bellied C-130 (USCG I know it wasn’t a C-130, it was an HC-144 who arrived on scene first and a C-130 who showed up later but we did start singing “C-130 rolling down the strip…”) filled the air. Continue reading »

Just Another Sunrise part 1

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Apr 112013
 

Let me start this off by giving thanks to the men and women of the United States Coast Guard and the Captain and Crew of the MV Heijin.  It can never be said enough.

 

Just Another Sunrise

It was the last half hour or so of Adam’s and my 4-hour rowing shift.  Dawn was breaking on our 73rd day at sea.  Winds and waves were building and we were making just around 3kn towards Miami.  At shift changed we discussed the building seas and the possibility of the sea anchor being deployed despite the favorable speeds west.  Markus climbed out and hopped on the bucket, he would soon be literally caught with his pants down, while Jordan took over steering in the bow seat.  Adam was tucked inside the hatch as I folded myself inside.  Our last words of the discussion to the boys on deck were literally “remember think safety first”. Continue reading »

CWF Education Webinar- Live Classroom Conversation with Trans-Atlantic Rowers!

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Apr 102013
 

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Live Classroom Conversation with Trans-Atlantic Rowers

Dear Educator-

The CWF Africa to the Americas Expedition reached a dramatic conclusion last weekend with the capsizing of the OAR Northwest rowboat 375 nautical miles north of Puerto Rico. Now the rowers have been rescued and are safely back on shore to continue their marine conservation efforts.

The CWF Education webinar, an interactive conversation with the rowers that was scheduled to happen live from the boat, will now take place on dry land!

  • When: Friday, April 12 at 1:00 1:30pm Eastern Time/10:00-10:30am Pacific Time
  • How to join: Reserve a spot today to have your class take part in this exclusive interactive conversation!
  • What will be discussed: The rowers’ incredible adventure, what they learned, their amazing rescue, and what’s next.

To get ready for the big event, your class can prepare by watching our other CWF Education webinars:

CWF would like to thank the OAR Northwest rowers who believed enough in conserving our marine environment that they risked their lives to raise awareness of the danger the world’s oceans are in. If you are unable to attend the event, it will be recorded for use in your classroom.

Sincerely,
Luba Mycio-Mommers, Ph. D.
Director of Education

 

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