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Hōkūle‘a crosses the border and the crew performs a ceremony with 'awa and dropped pohaku into the ocean to recognize the crossing.

We approach the equator on our voyage home, and I have had a chance to reflect back on our mission, the different cultures, and countries I have had the opportunity to see.

Hōkūleʻa crossed the equator, marking an important milestone in her journey north from Tahiti back to Hawaiʻi.

Hōkūleʻa crosses the equator into the North Atlantic.

"The range of life of life at the equator is diverse and beautiful. We are reminded and reassured of the presence of Kanaloa by the mana and spirit in all life we cannot see and the life that is larger than us."

Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia celebrate crossing the piko o Wākea (equator) with offerings from Hawaiʻi.

Carlen of ʻImiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaiʻi, Hilo, also asks about passing the equator.

Namen from Waimea Middle School, Kamuela, wants to know how crewmembers know when they are exactly between both hemispheres.