Great Canadian Turtle Race

Another one of our leatherbacks is closing in on a nesting beach! Red Rockette is just off the coast of the Panama—Colombia border.

Here is Inspire's track. The first map shows her whole trek from Canadian waters down to the nesting area. The second and third maps zoom in on her track off Dominican Republic.

We were up late last night. Inspire is within a few kilometers of land, deep in Bahia de Samana, a bay on the northeast side of Dominican Republic. Maybe, just maybe, she’s heading in to nest.

The latest in the Great Canadian Turtle Race!

It is cold today in Halifax- really cold. The current temperature is around -23 C with the wind-chill, and is expected to fall to -29 C tonight.

So the speedy Madame Mignonette, who looked for some time like she was going to be the turtle to beat, is no longer transmitting.

The turtles are turning in toward the mating and nesting grounds. Even Esmerelda, who was just about 750 km from Cape Verde off the coast of west Africa, has started to head slightly west.

Here is the latest on the Great Canadian Turtle Race.