Hawaiian voyaging canoe Hokulea is now in Juneau, Alaska and will sail along the coastline before launching on a 4-year voyage around the Pacific this summer. It’s the canoe’s first trip to Alaska.

At the Marine Education Training Center in Sand Island, crew members work with award-winning Chef Mark Noguchi to learn about nutrition, food safety, and meal preparation.

Members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea are enduring painful cold water training. It’s all to prepare for their voyage around the Pacific that starts in Alaska this summer.

Hokulea went on a different type of voyage to Tacoma, Washington on board a Matson container ship.

On June 17, Hokulea will depart on the Moananuiakea Voyage (“a voyage for Earth”), traveling 43,000 miles around the Pacific.

“It feels like I’m connected to my roots and being Hawaiian."

Hokulea is a marvel to behold.

The Polynesian Voyaging Society is preparing for another journey at sea.