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. 196 journeys so far, 2000 to 2009, 30,751 specimens between them.
109 collectors and expeditions2,118 days in the field500,629 km between stops11,357 photographed specimens
196 journeys match
C.F. Puttock
3 islands of the United States · Jul – Aug 2000
C.F. Puttock in Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, July – August 200082 specimens · 3 stops · 11 days · 592 km
C. Squair
Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu · Nov – Dec 2005
C. Squair in Hawaiʻi Island and Oʻahu, November – December 200557 specimens · 2 stops · 11 days · 31 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
John L. Earle
Kiritimati Atoll · 21–30 Jul 2005
John L. Earle in Kiritimati Atoll, 21–30 July 200564 specimens · 6 stops · 10 days · 182 km
Emos Eperiam
Pohnpei · Apr – May 2007
Emos Eperiam in Pohnpei, April – May 200755 specimens · 4 stops · 16 days · 386 km
O. Amone
'Eua Island · Nov – Dec 2000
O. Amone in 'Eua Island, November – December 200049 specimens · 5 stops · 6 days · 713 km
Jean-Yves Meyer
Rapa · 18–30 Mar 2002
Jean-Yves Meyer in Rapa, 18–30 March 200244 specimens · 7 stops · 13 days · 439 km
A.D. Tribollet
Lānaʻi and Niʻihau · 4–12 Aug 2006
A.D. Tribollet in Lānaʻi and Niʻihau, 4–12 August 200640 specimens · 4 stops · 9 days · 372 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
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
Richard L. Pyle
6 islands · 11–28 Apr 2007
Richard L. Pyle across 6 islands, 11–28 April 200743 specimens · 8 stops · 18 days · 1,784 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
Ronald A. Englund
French Polynesia · 18–31 Mar 2007
Ronald A. Englund in French Polynesia, 18–31 March 200740 specimens · 7 stops · 14 days · 620 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
Brian D. Greene
Majuro Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll · Dec 2004 – Jan 2005
Brian D. Greene in Majuro Atoll and Kwajalein Atoll, December 2004 – January 200546 specimens · 4 stops · 17 days · 440 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.