Location: underway
This was a great day of passage on Argo. The wind has been calm and the seas very flat, and early after sunrise, we spotted several orcas. We turned around to get a closer look and spent half an hour watching the pod, which included two large males, a few females, and two juveniles. After a morning of calm seas, hot sun, and stainless steel maintenance, we had an afternoon of marine science; we first had a class about marine reptiles and birds, then another on evolution, island biogeography, and the Galapagos. In the late afternoon, we caught a tuna that provided the group with fresh sashimi before dinner, and as the sun set, there were dolphins jumping off our starboard bow.