Remembering Walter Munk, a photo on a flash drive in a pile of poo from a seal at the bottom of the sea, lucky vikings, and more! Monday Morning Salvage: February 11, 2019

Foghorn (A Call to Action!)

Flotsam (what we’re obsessed with right now)

Carsten Egevang goes looking for seals in Greenland and finds a photogenic guillemot instead.
This photo of a sealion on a Southland beach was found on a USB stick swallowed by a leopard seal. Credit: unknown

Jetsam (what we’re reading from around the web)

Okeanos Marianas Watch Captain Jerry Joseph sails to Poluwat atoll – one of the old stomping grounds of his grandfather Mau Piailug. Jerry – along with other Okeanos Marianas crew – received Pwo on Poluwat, joining the ranks of master navigators Peia & Nainoa. Photo Credit: Steve Holloway.

Lagan (what we’re reading from the peer-reviewed literature)

Shipping News (academic and ocean policy wonkery)

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