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Featured

Selected reads — curated from across the site.

More Whales Than Boats

Voices from the Frontier Featured

More Whales Than Boats

Samuel Peccoud first expedition to coastal Alaska. He reflects on seeing more whales than boats, standing his first overnight watch, and questioning what it means to explore wilderness responsibly.

Letters from the Dock

Articles using sailing as a metaphor for resilience and uncertainty.

Do I Need a Yacht Management Software?

Letters from the Dock

Do I Need a Yacht Management Software?

Managing a modern expedition yacht eventually outgrew my memory, spreadsheets, and homemade databases. Looking at yacht management software through the eyes of a former LIMS developer taught me that the real challenge isn’t software—it’s deciding how you want to run your boat.

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Letters from the Edge

Essays on change, loss, and transformation.

No Stake in the Game

Letters from the Edge

No Stake in the Game

A reader wrote in about the Magnifica Humanitas piece — admitting he knew nothing of the encyclical, the event, or Chris Olah. What began as a note on borrowed legitimacy turned into something harder: not whether AI understands, but who bears the cost when it decides.

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Logbook

Personal notes shared with an inner circle of co-travelers pursuing their own frontiers.

The Uncertainty of Others

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The Uncertainty of Others

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