Journeys
The expeditions, reassembled
Every dated label is a diary entry. Read a collector’s labels in order and the voyage comes back: the islands in sequence, the days at each, the specimens from every stop. 28 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 2,355 specimens between them.
22 collectors and expeditions380 days in the field97,935 km between stops1,329 photographed specimens
28 journeys match
Steven Perlman
7 islands · Jan – Apr 2009
Steven Perlman across 7 islands, January – April 2009157 specimens · 25 stops · 94 days · 15,389 km
P.S. Vroom
7 islands · Jan – Mar 2002
P.S. Vroom across 7 islands, January – March 2002348 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 6,339 km
Steven Perlman
9 islands · Sep – Dec 2008
Steven Perlman across 9 islands, September – December 2008122 specimens · 20 stops · 81 days · 10,371 km
Kenneth R. Wood
3 islands · Feb – Mar 2009
Kenneth R. Wood in Kosrae, Maui and Pohnpei, February – March 2009132 specimens · 15 stops · 37 days · 9,977 km
W. Law
4 islands · Feb – Apr 2009
W. Law across 4 islands, February – April 2009112 specimens · 14 stops · 44 days · 9,392 km
Steven Perlman
10 islands · Dec 2007 – Feb 2008
Steven Perlman across 10 islands, December 2007 – February 200883 specimens · 18 stops · 53 days · 7,666 km
Natalia Tangalin
4 islands · Mar – May 2007
Natalia Tangalin across 4 islands, March – May 2007106 specimens · 13 stops · 50 days · 5,955 km
R. Lengsi
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
R. Lengsi in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200669 specimens · 18 stops · 111 days · 2,523 km
David H. Lorence
Kosrae and Pohnpei · 8–25 Mar 2009
David H. Lorence in Kosrae and Pohnpei, 8–25 March 200993 specimens · 7 stops · 18 days · 3,025 km
A. Dores
Pohnpei · Sep – Dec 2002
A. Dores in Pohnpei, September – December 200299 specimens · 9 stops · 71 days · 791 km
Steven Perlman
4 islands · Mar – May 2007
Steven Perlman across 4 islands, March – May 200777 specimens · 9 stops · 50 days · 5,611 km
P.E. Eperiam
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
P.E. Eperiam in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200654 specimens · 12 stops · 95 days · 780 km
David H. Lorence
17 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
David H. Lorence across 17 islands, March – April 200872 specimens · 9 stops · 13 days · 682 km
C.B. Lewis
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.B. Lewis across 6 islands, September – October 200854 specimens · 9 stops · 12 days · 2,618 km
A. Dores
Pohnpei · Aug – Nov 2003
A. Dores in Pohnpei, August – November 200395 specimens · 4 stops · 98 days · 474 km
C.J. Cianchini
Kosrae · 15–25 Mar 2009
C.J. Cianchini in Kosrae, 15–25 March 200962 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 4,425 km
B.M. Waterhouse
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2000
B.M. Waterhouse across 9 islands, March – April 200079 specimens · 8 stops · 14 days · 2,751 km
F. Sohl
Pohnpei and Micronesia · Feb – May 2006
F. Sohl in Pohnpei and Micronesia, February – May 200641 specimens · 14 stops · 95 days · 1,383 km
Clay Trauernicht
7 islands · Jan – Feb 2008
Clay Trauernicht across 7 islands, January – February 200845 specimens · 10 stops · 18 days · 94 km
C.R. Jones
6 islands · Sep – Oct 2008
C.R. Jones across 6 islands, September – October 200846 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days · 2,618 km
Jim Space
9 islands · Mar – Apr 2008
Jim Space across 9 islands, March – April 200844 specimens · 6 stops · 8 days
B. Ekiek
Pohnpei · Nov – Dec 2002
B. Ekiek in Pohnpei, November – December 200255 specimens · 6 stops · 42 days · 303 km
Brian D. Greene
8 islands · 9–27 Apr 2007
Brian D. Greene across 8 islands, 9–27 April 200749 specimens · 9 stops · 19 days · 2,074 km
W. Law
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
W. Law in Pohnpei, April – May 200756 specimens · 4 stops · 16 days · 386 km
How a journey is found
Every specimen with a full date and a known collector is a diary entry. The days are read in order; a gap of more than three weeks ends one journey and starts the next. Days spent where a collector lived most of their life are home, not travel, and are left out.
A journey needs at least five days, forty specimens and two places. Within it, a run of days spent within about ten kilometres is one stop; the stop’s point is the middle of the labels that carry coordinates, or the island’s centre when none do.
Companions are the people whose own labels put them in the same place on the same days. Staff can name a journey, write about it and feature it; everything else here is read straight off the specimens, and is rebuilt as the records improve.