That’s the “Noble Discoverer,” one of the rigs in Shell oil’s Arctic drilling fleet, in the background. Today its arriving in Everett.
That’s the Noble Discoverer, one of the rigs in Shell oil’s Arctic drilling fleet, in the background. Today it's arriving in Everett. JIRI REZAC / GREENPEACE

While the Seattle Port Commission continues to debate whether to go ahead with plans to host Shell's Arctic drilling fleet here in Seattle this month, one of the troubled ships in that fleet, the Noble Discoverer, is headed into the Port of Everett right about now.

A kayak protest is reportedly planned to greet the ship, and Twitter has been watching its southward journey through the Salish Sea:

Near Port Townsend:


Passing Whidbey Island:


Heading into the Port of Everett:


And a welcome from Grist: