ISEA 2019 Summer Transits
Reaching further, connecting across the Great Lakes basin
Reaching further, connecting across the Great Lakes basin
"After making this challenging jump from racing and cruising sloops to SchoolShip and schooner sailing, the transits brought me back into my element. I’ve sailed long transits, some longer than a month. So for me, the few days Inland Seas spent sailing here and there were easy-peasy. Those transits became a wonderful opportunity for really getting to know fellow crew. So many new friendships were made better during these transits, and if anything, those voyages felt not long enough for the fun we were all having. Everyone got along well. Everyone was eager to learn. Just as during the SchoolShip season, the constant up-coaching was inspiring. Particularly joyful was watching our interns go from knowing almost nothing about sailing to being real assets aboard the ship—in only a few days. And what about Emma’s incredible eyesight?! I saw other crew come aboard and experience similar transformations. It takes a special kind of leadership to inculcate the positive attitude and enthusiasm that universally abounds with ISEA." -Bob Fox, Mate
"The may flies were fierce in Cederville" -Amanda Williams, Volunteer Instructor and CIT
Cleveland Tall Ship Festival Public Sail (Video Credit: Linda Glover)
"In Green Bay, I was approached by one of the volunteers assigned to another boat. “Your boat,” he said of the Inland Seas, “has the happiest crew here!” What a thrill it is to be apart of that!" - Bob Fox, Mate
Utopia off the stern of Inland Seas
Washington Island
Frank conducting a boat check
2014 Green Bay transit
2019 Green Bay transit
Captain Lily at the Helm
Inland Seas arriving to Green Bay, WI
Opening Ceremonies
Plankton pull from the Fox River
Fish Lice
Full Sails
"Jillian got us on a tour of the University of Minnesota Duluth's research vessel. Although I do not consider myself a "scientist", I got excited when I saw their data collection tools! Many of them looked familiar to those found with ISEA's programs. Participants [onboard Inland Seas] are getting a feel of collegiate research experience. WOAH!" -Amanda Williams, Volunteer Instructor and CIT
PONAR
Plankton Net
"We stayed over night in the Apostle Islands. At one point we could see FIVE lighthouses!" -Amanda Williams, Volunteer Instructor and CIT
Apostle Islands (Video Credit: Amanda Williams)
Entering the Houghton Channel
Utopia on Lake Superior (Video Credit: Michele Derouin)
Lake Superior (Video Credit: Michele Derouin)
Cooking onboard a moving tall ship! (Video Credit: Michele Derouin)
Utopia going through the Soo Locks (Video Credit: Michele Derouin)
"All of this was enough to have made this one of the best summers of my life—and I’ve had some good ones... A most memorable moment came during the adult sail with the Fountain Bay Expeditionary Team. After a night and day of sailing in big storms, when we hadn’t been able to stick to the planned program, a huge squall had just rolled through while we anchored in the lee of High Island, and then the sun came out. After blowing for hours, it was suddenly calm and everyone brought their instruments up on deck and started playing; a few minutes into the music there appeared the biggest, most beautiful, and longest lasting rainbow I’ve ever seen! Both ends of that rainbow were right there sparkling in the water on each side of the Inland Seas. I looked around the boat, and looked at where I was and who I was with, and in that moment I really felt I’d found a pot of gold." - Bob Fox, Mate
“Invasive Species and Recent Changes in the Lake Michigan Food Web”