A composite of photographs from the dolphin release project, by Margaret Augustine.l

At the start of the Expedition to Circumnavigate South America, (ECSA) the R/V Heraclitus sailed north from its home-port of San Juan, Puerto Rico to the Eastern seaboard of the United States, making land-fall at Savannah, Georgia. The ship was tasked to provide logistical and scientific support for a unique project to re-introduce two captive dolphins to the wild, the first time that such a complex feat of reverse training had ever been undertaken with the full support of all relevant State and Federal authorities.