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300 Little Boats, One Big Arctic Journey: Tracking Student Art Across the Ice

Could a little wooden boat decorated by a fifth grader end up in the Mediterranean? 🛥️ Maybe! Float Your Boat deployed 300 student-decorated boats onto the Arctic sea ice. Track their scientific drift alongside research buoys and explore ocean currents. A cool way to bring science to life! →

Boat Deployments

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Sep 10

Three Generations and a Wooden Boat Find in the Westfjords

The Westfjords of Iceland is a remote, rugged place where an adventure unfolded. Guðni Hrafn Pétursson, whose family owns land here, is an ambassador for the Float Your Boat (FYB) program. In 2025, Guðni and Dave, the program's founder, joined by Guðni’s father and grandfather, searched the coastline. It didn't take long to find a capsized boat from a Colorado school nestled in the rocks—a testament to the project’s reach in one of the world's most untouched places.

Found and Reported Boats

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Sep 1

Swedish Icebreaker Oden Deploys Boats

The Icebreaker Oden reached the North Pole on August 16, 2025, as a part of the Canada-Sweden Arctic Ocean 2025 expedition. After mooring the boat to the ice, they deployed 450 boats from 13 institutions and an Ice Ball buoy. The boats were decorated by kids from several US schools, as well as by Marine Biology students from Gullmarsgymnasiet in Sweden and the crew and scientific team at the Oden. The deployment was a success, and the buoy is a recording at the North Pole!

Boat Deployments

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Aug 19

Celebrating Impacts Through Stories and Data: 2024-2025

Discover how the Float Your Boat program connected over 4,000 learners to the Arctic Ocean this past year! Our annual report highlights the exciting hands-on science, climate change awareness, and real-world impact achieved through our wooden boats, igniting STEM interest across the globe. And, it's time to apply to participate in the program during this upcoming school year! www.floatboat.org/application

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Jul 31

Hiking Group Finds Boat in Breiðavík in East Fjords

24th boat of the 500 that were sent to the North Pole from VilVite, Bergen Science Centre found and reported!

Found and Reported Boats

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Jul 22

Boat Found While Bicycling in Heiðarhöfn, Langanes, Iceland

Boat #230756, that originally was decorated at Eckstein Middle School in Seattle, Washington was found in Iceland on July 3, 2025 by Karina Strømmen while out biking near her family farm.

Found and Reported Boats

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Jul 4

Boat Reported from Rørvik, Norway

Edgar Sørø-Lona reported a found boat near Rørvik Norway while out on a boat. While the specific coordinates were not sent in, this area is in central Norway on the coast.

Found and Reported Boats

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Jun 27

Boat Reported from Sílalækur in Northern Iceland

Gudrun Emilsdottir reported boat 230580 from the beach in northern Iceland on June 20, 2025. The boat was decorated by Le Commandant Charcot cruise ship passengers and was deployed by August 2, 2023 at the North Pole.

Found and Reported Boats

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Jun 21

Boat Reported from Langanes, Iceland

Michael Birkner reported a found boat in north east Iceland in the Langanes area. This boat, # 232220 was originally decorated in December 2023 by a participant in Polar Science Day at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington USA. It was then deployed via the Le Commandant Charcot on August 31, 2023 at the North Pole.

Found and Reported Boats

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Jun 17