I’m finally back on Terra Firma, and it’s much easier to share some of the media I shot/recorded from my 3,000 nautical mile expedition to study marine debris in the North Atlantic Gyre. Pictured above is full bag of plastic garbage collected about 300 miles SE of Bermuda, one of… Read the rest
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
29°41.70N
56°25.84W
After enduring
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
Enroute to the Epicenter
I’m back on land in Bermuda after the Sea Dragon successfully dodged a nasty low pressure system that hit us late Sunday night. I’m currently holed up in a tavern in Bermuda poaching some Wi-Fi and I thought I’d share some photos from the trip. So far, the science goals… Read the rest
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
This is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite.… Read the rest
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
Discovery: The Atlantic Garbage
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
A few days ago,
Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
HEAVY
23 55 09
Positon:
21 28 74 North
63 35 21 West
The crew of the Sea Dragon are now on our third day of research, having left the USVI on the 9th. We are trawling for marine debris every six or so hours, and the nets are deployed for 2 hours. It… Read the rest
Yesterday the Five Gyres crew got our first taste of the Sea Dragon in action. We’re skippered by Clive Cosby, a circumnavigating racer who captained the same design at the Sea Dragon BT Global Challenge. The Sea Dragon is one of 12 identical boats designed for this race, and she’s… Read the rest
