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A sailing canoe heads toward an island in the distance at full sail.
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Hōkūleʻa of Polynesian Voyaging Society

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A sailing canoe heads toward an island in the distance at full sail.
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Circumnavigating our Changing Oceans

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Four people working aboard the deck of a ship. Two are checking materials and noting observations while the two in the background adjust the canoe's rigging.
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Lehua Kamalu and Fellow Crew Aboard Hōkūleʻa

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Two sailing canoes float on open water, with islands spotting the horizon. The canoe hulls are orange along the bottom half and white along the top, with brightly colored sails.
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Voyaging Canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia

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A sailing canoe sits in a Tahitian bay, surrounded by crowds of onlookers, and several smaller canoes full of people there to celebrate the occasion.
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Hōkūleʻa is welcomed in Tahiti in 1976

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The sea star Odontaster validus and sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri are often found living in association with one another along the Antarctic coastline, here during the Census of Marine Life.
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Sea Stars, Urchins, and Relatives

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A clutch bag made from fish skin and decorated with blue floral patterns.
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Fish Skin as Fashion – from Indigenous Knowledge to the Runway

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A brown fish skin bag with stitched, organic designs.
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Aleut Fish Skin Bag

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A brown clutch bag made from fish skin with a beige flower in the center, patterned with wood grain.
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Zougan Fish Leather Clutch

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A clutch bag made from fish skin with a detailed design of a landscape.
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Sakhalin Fish Skin Painting Clutch

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A blue, silver, and black fish skin robe displayed hanging from a rod. The robe is created from multiple fish skin sewn together and dyed with indigo.
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Replica of an Ainu Fish Skin Robe

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A clutch bag made from fish skin that is folded into ruffle patterns.
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Origami Fish Leather Clutch

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