So Michael proposed an extraordinary third option: Why not live on a boat? The idea wasn’t really outlandish. “We had the dream a decade prior to circumnavigate” the globe, said Michael.

They will learn about Arctic Ocean currents, sea ice, research technology, and expedition planning, and they will even send small wooden boats to the North Pole to track their movements. Local ...

The 209-foot boat, the Reuben Lasker, changed course and piloted toward Manhattan Beach, California. “We were heading into an apocalyptic sky,” said Swalethorp, who studies changes in ocean ...