Challenging Habitat
Sunset at sea

Plymouth Ocean Science Voyage Videos

Megan Farrer is a talented videographer who captured the spirit of our voyage and trainees perfectly on the Plymouth Ocean Science Voyage in nine short videos…

Pelican of London of St Peter Port

Ocean Science Voyage to the Channel Islands

Plankton, fish, water, sand, sediment and bleach: 25 young people from Devon and Cornwall explore the marine system in a beautiful bay off Sark in the Channel Islands.

Daisy anemones on a dock wall

Underwater in Barrow

When Pelican of London graced the Tall Ship Fest 2024 in Barrow in Furness, I took the opportunity to explore the underwater world of Buccleuch Dock. Here is what I found…

Embracing Youth, Science and Diversity

The reflections of Andrea Garfias about her time on board the tall ship Pelican of London are not only eloquent but also poignant in tumultuous weeks on the streets of England.

Tube worm at Bocas del Toros, Panama. (c) C Braungardt 2024

UN Ocean Decade News

Whether it is a ‘landmark win for nature‘, ‘ocean floor mapping‘ or the ‘sex lives of corals‘, there is something for everyone in the Ocean Science Highlights.

Ocean wave breaking in front of sunset

weak AMOC – weather AMOK

The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is the system of ocean currents that includes the Gulf Stream. What its weakening may mean for our weather and seafarers is explained by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in a new… Read More

Coral Community at Bocas Del Toro, Panama. (c) C Braungardt 2024

Blowing Bubbles

Three hours of blowing bubbles among the coral reefs around Bocas del Toro gave me plenty of time to take in beautiful impressions of a rich ecosystem and questions about its long-term survival.

Diatoms and other plankton under the microscope

Science Outreach at Sea: Olivia’s Experience on Pelican

Last year, Olivia Yorke-Dunne was our youngest ever Scientist in Residence on the sail training tall ship Pelican of London. This year, she’s been back.

Unpacking the ECO on Pelican of London

The Elegance of Simplicity

Call me a nerd (I’m doing that all the time) but there is something beautiful about the coming together of superb engineering and design to create a gadget that does what it is meant to do, simply, efficiently… Read More

Beadlet anemone found at Restronguet Point in 2023

Restronguet Creek Revisited

My first close encounter with pollution emanating from the abandoned mines in England’s Southwest occurred in the mid 1990s, when research for my undergraduate dissertation brought me to Restronguet Creek in the Fal Estuary. A former tin mine… Read More

Photograph of Field Study Council guide to common seaweeds

Plankton and Seaweed

Half of the oxygen that sustains life on Earth is produced in the ocean…

Killiney Beach

Sunny Days in Ireland

Once more, I joined the sail training tall ship Pelican of London for STEM at SEA education voyages with Sail Training Ireland youngsters on board. We have a little more time than usual in Dublin and we make… Read More