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. 182 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 29,250 specimens between them.
100 collectors and expeditions1,977 days in the field475,735 km between stops11,345 photographed specimens
182 journeys match
A. Palmer
Guam and Saipan · 5–21 Jun 2006
A. Palmer in Guam and Saipan, 5–21 June 200691 specimens · 2 stops · 17 days · 7,466 km
M. LeGrande
3 islands of the United States · Feb – Mar 2003
M. LeGrande in Niʻihau, Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, February – March 200349 specimens · 3 stops · 32 days · 441 km
M.J. Balick
4 islands of Micronesia · 5–17 Aug 2002
M.J. Balick across 4 islands of Micronesia, 5–17 August 200261 specimens · 3 stops · 13 days · 117 km
NOAA CRED
8 islands of the Northern Mariana Islands · Apr – May 2009
NOAA CRED, April – May 200945 specimens · 8 stops · 15 days · 820 km
Masatomi Suzuki
3 islands of Tonga · 14–28 Mar 2002
Masatomi Suzuki in 'Eua Island, Niuatoputapu Island and Tafahi Island, 14–28 March 200266 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 615 km
Karla J. McDermid
Hawaiʻi Island · Sep – Oct 2000
Karla J. McDermid in Hawaiʻi Island, September – October 200050 specimens · 4 stops · 24 days · 255 km
K. Kandel
Kauaʻi · 11–16 Nov 2002
K. Kandel in Kauaʻi, 11–16 November 200291 specimens · 2 stops · 6 days · 16 km
Dustin S. Smith
Oʻahu and Maui · 4–18 Apr 2005
Dustin S. Smith in Oʻahu and Maui, 4–18 April 200542 specimens · 2 stops · 15 days · 96 km
A. Harbottle
Lānaʻi · 5–11 Feb 2003
A. Harbottle in Lānaʻi, 5–11 February 200374 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 147 km
S. Gale
Malaita and Guadalcanal · 5–11 Sep 2007
S. Gale in Malaita and Guadalcanal, 5–11 September 200742 specimens · 5 stops · 7 days · 186 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
K.N. Page
Maug and Saipan · May – Jun 2007
K.N. Page in Maug and Saipan, May – June 200753 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 541 km
Reilo Langsi
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
Reilo Langsi in Pohnpei, April – May 200746 specimens · 2 stops · 16 days · 21 km
K.N. Page
Tau and Swains Island · 12–18 Feb 2002
K.N. Page in Tau and Swains Island, 12–18 February 200241 specimens · 2 stops · 7 days · 395 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.