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. 19 journeys so far, 1955 to 2006, 7,098 specimens between them.
16 collectors and expeditions342 days in the field158,152 km between stops2,973 photographed specimens
19 journeys match
P.S. Vroom
21 islands · Aug – Sep 2003
P.S. Vroom across 21 islands, August – September 20031,971 specimens · 23 stops · 37 days · 31,356 km
K. Shultz
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Shultz across 9 islands, September – October 20021,025 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
K.A. Peyton
9 islands · Sep – Oct 2002
K.A. Peyton across 9 islands, September – October 2002979 specimens · 13 stops · 25 days · 2,876 km
K.J. Geisler
7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2000
K.J. Geisler across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2000786 specimens · 25 stops · 37 days · 5,446 km
Karla J. McDermid
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Karla J. McDermid across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002383 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,834 km
B. Stuercke
8 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
B. Stuercke across 8 islands of the United States, September – October 2002347 specimens · 11 stops · 25 days · 2,838 km
station
16 islands · Jul – Dec 1955
station, July – December 1955196 specimens · 82 stops · 144 days · 48,394 km
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991
Townsend-Cromwell Survey TC, June – July 1991483 specimens · 6 stops · 17 days · 2,239 km
P.S. Vroom
6 islands · Aug – Oct 2002
P.S. Vroom across 6 islands, August – October 2002215 specimens · 10 stops · 50 days · 8,208 km
Mrs Hughes
7 islands of the United States · Sep – Oct 2002
Mrs Hughes across 7 islands of the United States, September – October 2002122 specimens · 13 stops · 27 days · 2,889 km
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30
9 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 1955
V Hugh M. Smith cruise 30, July – August 195599 specimens · 35 stops · 43 days · 13,037 km
Fred W. Ball
11 islands of the United States · 5–25 Jul 1977
Fred W. Ball across 11 islands of the United States, 5–25 July 197773 specimens · 10 stops · 21 days · 1,615 km
K.N. Page
6 islands of the United States · 14–30 Jul 2003
K.N. Page across 6 islands of the United States, 14–30 July 200385 specimens · 7 stops · 17 days · 1,262 km
H.J. Fortner
4 islands of the United States · Oct – Nov 1984
H.J. Fortner across 4 islands of the United States, October – November 198451 specimens · 10 stops · 53 days · 29,869 km
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Frank A. Parrish
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1990
Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 199091 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 978 km
P.S. Vroom
Maro Reef and Mokumanamana · 3–9 Sep 2006
P.S. Vroom in Maro Reef and Mokumanamana, 3–9 September 200644 specimens · 4 stops · 7 days · 655 km
Robert B. Moffitt
Maro Reef · Jun – Jul 2000
Robert B. Moffitt in Maro Reef, June – July 200040 specimens · 4 stops · 6 days · 89 km
Frank A. Parrish
4 islands of the United States · Jun – Jul 1991
Frank A. Parrish across 4 islands of the United States, June – July 199150 specimens · 4 stops · 13 days · 353 km
K. Payton
Lisianski and Maro Reef · Sep – Oct 2002
K. Payton in Lisianski and Maro Reef, September – October 200258 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 338 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.