The 5 Gyre Expedition
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
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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
After a fairly gnarly 24 hours of travel I have arrived in the US Virgin Islands and have met up with my crew for the Sargasso Sea marine debris expedition. The lead scientists on the project are Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins from Algalita Marine Research Foundation and Livable… Read the rest
