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Back to the Beginning
October 3 2012Allison Swaim's final post on her year at sea including a video poem reflecting on her journey and a map of the route she took.
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Ship's Log
July 2012Allison Swaim has almost completed her year at sea; traveling around the world via cargo ship. She sent us this ship's log from her time on a container ship back in March. We'll have another update from her soon. Last we heard, she was just leaving Shanghai.
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Port Said: Intersection between East and West
April 2012Cargo ship hitchhiker Allison Swaim reports from the north entrance to the Suez Canal.
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You Must Live It
March 2012Globe-trotting radio producer, Allison Swaim checks in from Istanbul and shares with us what she is learning about how to tell a story.
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Floating Parking Deck
November 2011Allison Swaim brings us sound and image from on board a RO-RO car carrier on the North Sea. This is part of our year long series of stories from the trade routes.
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Back on the Map
October 2011Transom Donor Fund winner, Allison Swaim is traveling the world via cargo ship and documenting her journey as she goes. She checks in with us now from Sweden and catches us up on what’s happened since we last heard from her.
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Packing Dilemma
July 2011Allison Swaim on what one packs for a year long trip on cargo ships to get the story of global trade.
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Living In My Story
July 2011Before getting on a cargo ship to sail around the world, I needed to know what I was getting into. So I spent nine days on the Great Lakes aboard the Calumet as a trial run for my yearlong project.
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Mapping A Route
July 2011Next week, I board a cargo ship and set sail on a yearlong adventure. My plan? Circumnavigate the globe by ship. Spend time in port cities en route. Document global trade from the perspective of people who carry out the actual, physical process.
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A Year at Sea
July 2011Transom Donor Fund winner, Allison Swaim, starts her on-going, real-time account of a year circumnavigating the globe on cargo ships. Tape and all.
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