Where is our research vessel, Achiever?
Our new map shows the live location of Achiever as it travels up and down the coast.
Raincoast’s research vessel, SV Achiever, is a Transport Canada certified 68 ft. steel hulled sloop that offers education, research, and engagement opportunities on the BC coast year round. Raincoast acquired Achiever in 2003 as a vessel for our 10,000 nautical mile marine survey studying the abundance and distribution of marine mammals and birds.
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Since then, Raincoast has partnered with Indigenous Nations to facilitate youth outdoor education within their territories, worked with researchers from various institutions including spending the last 4 years working with Environment and Climate Change Canada to survey seabirds around Vancouver Island (accumulating over 15,000 nautical miles a year), taken school groups onto the water for experiential learning, as well as worked with film crews documenting the coast’s natural history and threats to the region.
We created this map to display the live location of Achiever and to highlight how much area Achiever covers each year. Check back regularly for updates from the vessel!
Citation
Gerle B. Where is our research vessel, Achiever? [web map]. Sidney (BC): Raincoast Conservation Foundation. 2024. http://www.raincoast.org/2024/09/where-is-our-research-vessel-achiever/
About the map
This map displays the current and past locations of Raincoast’s research vessel, Achiever. The live location is frequently updated from an onboard GPS device. A track accumulates behind the live location to display where Achiever has previously traveled.
Using the map
The pulsing green point shows the most recent location of the vessel and the lines show where Achiever has previously traveled. The panel on the right can zoom to and highlight the track for a particular date, as well as display any text or photo updates the crew posted that day.
Copyright
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Raincoast’s in-house scientists, collaborating graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professors make us unique among conservation groups. We work with First Nations, academic institutions, government, and other NGOs to build support and inform decisions that protect aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and the wildlife that depend on them. We conduct ethically applied, process-oriented, and hypothesis-driven research that has immediate and relevant utility for conservation deliberations and the collective body of scientific knowledge.
We investigate to understand coastal species and processes. We inform by bringing science to decision-makers and communities. We inspire action to protect wildlife and wildlife habitats.
