Circumnavigation 2020 onwards
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The Komodo dragon’s hunting strategy is to ambush its prey & with one venomous bite that significantly tears the flesh, the venom prevents blood coagulation and drops the victim’s blood pressure. The dragon will then catch up with you later, once you collapse from hypovolemic shock.
● Previous Posts
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Solomons ❤️
Solomon Islands are beautiful and the folks are friendly. The reefs are healthy and the spearfishing is the best of anywhere we’ve been. It was…
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Vanuatu Highlights
Remote islands, friendly folks, fierce pride for traditional values
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Fiji Bull Shark Dive
My first dive, I thought I was going to vomit I was so nervous. The dive master briefed us on everything from our safety stops…
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Freediving in Fiji
Long before your oxygen level drops, your body responds to the increased CO2 levels and sounds the alarms…
● About Us
Yo! It’s Ann and Ian on our 1984 Wauquiez Amphitrite. Photos & blog by Ann, keeping us afloat and moving forward by Ian.
● Of interest
Check if your gov’t has ratified the UN High Seas Treaty, if not lobby your gov’t – we can have 30% of Oceans a marine park and have a well-regulated global fisheries
Great podcast from Outside Magazine about military parajumper training in breath holding
See this story of Cook Islanders shipwrecked on Minerva Reef in 60s (film coming soon)
BBC Planet Earth: pack hunting – first documentation of snakes hunting the marine iguana in Galapagos
Book Rec’d: Christina Thompson The Sea People on ancient Polynesian Navigation (this is sooo good)
Sailing Afrikii 