graduate student and apprentice navigator Haunani Kane is featured in ’s Voyaging for the Future: Great Barrier Reef. In the episode, Kane shares her experience exploring the Great Barrier Reef alongside 糖心Vlog官方 coral researcher Ruth Gates and navigator Nainoa Thompson, fulfilling a lifelong dream while continuing her research on island environments and the impact of climate change on coastal zones.
“It has been an amazing experience so far exploring the Great Barrier Reef and meeting all the people passionate about protecting it,” said Kane. “Although we’re all from different parts of the globe, the underlying theme of taking care of our natural resources genuinely connects us all.”
About the Mālama Honua Worldwide Voyage
The Polynesian Voyaging Society’s is an ongoing, 47,000-mile voyage in which two polynesian voyaging canoes, the 贬ō办ū濒别ʻ补 and the Hikianalia, are sailing around the world in an effort to promote a more sustainable future.
Kane is part of a new generation of navigators that are helping to preserve the ancient Hawaiian art of navigation through hands-on experience and outreach in communities across the globe.
As of 2015 the 贬ō办ū濒别ʻ补 and Hikianalia have made port in French Polynesia, Sāmoa, the Cook Islands, Tonga, Aotearoa and Australia. The voyage began in 2013 and is expected to continue through 2017.
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—By Kapiʻolani Ching