Ho ho ho, Merry Christmas!

Sam filming a Nova program

Sam on board Hokule'a, November 2015

Sam at the Smithsonian, November 2015

In 1963, Sam (middle) with an octant (navigational instrument similar
to a sextant) found on a wrecked schooner off Tarpaulin Cove in 60
feet of water. Perhaps the Lunette, out of Maine, sunk in the Portland Gale.