Students from Lipson Co-operative Academy have joined the sail training tall ship Pelican of London for the fifth annual Plymouth Ocean Science Voyage. They just about made up their bunk beds, completed initial training and had dinner, and… Read More
eDNA Revolution
From Pacific deep sea trenches to the Cornish Coast, eDNA revolutionises our understanding of marine life. This new technology, which enables to identify what organisms exist in an area of the ocean by extracting traces of DNA from… Read More
Ocean Advocacy in a Newsletter?
Every organisation seems to have a newsletter these days – they are a great way of keeping in touch with the sub-section of society who still engage with email (just!). These days I’m writing and collating contents for… Read More
Ocean Solstice
Today, I’m telling a kid’s story about summer solstice below the waves to make a bigger point about how the ocean ecosystem and seasons interact.
Limpet Gardens
To me, life is about curiosity and learning and growing. I love talking and working with people who have different backgrounds and expertises, because there is always the potential for a surprise, a fact, a story, a new… Read More
Tipping Points
Two years ago, I read an article in Nature News called “Catastrophic change looms as Earth nears climate ‘tipping points’‘ [1], referring to the Global Tipping Points Report 2023, the article warned about Arctic and Antarctic ice, coral… Read More
The Power of Data
I’ve just spent 10 days on Pelican of London and among other things, deployed my ROV among the Western Isles of Scotland. It’s been a challenge, to say the least, for my blueye Pioneer, as ‘slack water’ appears… Read More
World Ocean Week 2025
I’d like to mark World Ocean Week with a good story, but where to start? There are so many!
Barrow – Isle of Man – LLandudno – Liverpool
Pelican of London toured three beautiful(ly interesting) parts of the British Isles this week with a crew of seasoned seafarers on board, including Neil, John and Gaz of the Kimber’s Men!
STEM Education: A Gateway to Marine Ecology
Scientist in Residence Mauricio Ferreira spent several weeks on the sail training tall ship Pelican of London and involved teenagers in a plankton research project that compared biodiversity in coastal waters around the Irish Sea. With the right… Read More
Marine Life and Climate Regulation
The young people who have joined us for one of our Ocean Science or STEAMS voyages on the sail training ship Pelican of London know already that the tiny algae that form the base of the entire ocean… Read More
When Data Tell Stories
One of the most rewarding aspect of my job on Pelican of London is to sit down with a group of trainees, who just obtained a bunch of data from a scientific instrument, graph it, kick ideas around… Read More
Challenging Habitat 