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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. 12 journeys so far, 2010 to 2013, 790 specimens between them.

12 collectors and expeditions109 days in the field56,137 km between stops766 photographed specimens

A. Kitalong

3 islands · 4–15 Nov 2013

A. Kitalong in Palau, Palao and Ngeruktabel, 4–15 November 2013

93 specimens · 8 stops · 12 days

Van-Ray Tadao

Palau and Palao · 4–21 Nov 2013

Van-Ray Tadao in Palau and Palao, 4–21 November 2013

100 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days

M.J. Balick

Palau and Palao · 4–21 Nov 2013

M.J. Balick in Palau and Palao, 4–21 November 2013

87 specimens · 6 stops · 18 days

Thane K. Pratt

Pagan and Northern Pagan · Jun – Jul 2010

Thane K. Pratt in Pagan and Northern Pagan, June – July 2010

48 specimens · 15 stops · 33 days

Ann Marie Gawel

Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012

Ann Marie Gawel in Rota and Guam, July – August 2012

63 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km

James A. Kwon

Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012

James A. Kwon in Rota and Guam, July – August 2012

63 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km

C.L. Harrington

Rota and Guam · Jul – Aug 2012

C.L. Harrington in Rota and Guam, July – August 2012

63 specimens · 10 stops · 10 days · 16,939 km

K.K. Chen

Palau · 4–21 Nov 2013

K.K. Chen in Palau, 4–21 November 2013

74 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days

G. Plunkett M

Palau · 4–15 Nov 2013

G. Plunkett M in Palau, 4–15 November 2013

61 specimens · 6 stops · 12 days

Gregory Plunkett

3 islands · 4–21 Nov 2013

Gregory Plunkett in Palau, Palao and Ngeruktabel, 4–21 November 2013

57 specimens · 5 stops · 18 days

Kenneth R. Wood

Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie) · Jan – Feb 2010

Kenneth R. Wood in Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie), January – February 2010

41 specimens · 8 stops · 11 days · 2,660 km

W. Law

Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie) · Jan – Feb 2010

W. Law in Kosrae and Kosrae (=Kusaie), January – February 2010

40 specimens · 7 stops · 11 days · 2,660 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.