During this year’s Plymouth Ocean Science Voyage aboard Pelican of London 25 youngsters from Devon and Cornwall sailed to the Channel Islands. As we spent a day of research in a beautiful bay enclosed by the islands of Sark and Brecqhou, one project group explored the underwater world using an ROV.
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As an environmental scientist, I value biodiversity and working with the sail training charity Seas Your Future* I found myself in an organisation with innate knowledge that diversity in people and their talents is as important for society as biodiversity is in ecosystems.
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I’m on the Dutch tall ship Regina Maris in northwest Panama to work with students and staff of Students without Borders Academy on behalf of Seas Your Future. Yesterday we set sail towards the bay of Blue Fields, where we were welcomed by a mixture of curiosity, entrepreneurship and generosity.
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We’ve only had the ECO by Nortek Group on board Pelican of London for a couple of days and already it’s got sufficiently under our skin for a bad case of anthropomorphism to develop: we named it Bob.
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Now here is a thought: Fishy breath, trampling and carnage are good things (in the right context).
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I don’t usually share personal experiences here, but for the benefit of prickly wildlife, I’ll make an exception today.
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I’m at sea aboard Pelican of London with 23 young sailors who share my interest in science and technology.
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Tall Ship Pelican of London is looking splendid with a freshly painted hull.
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Simon Newton’s short film of the start of the expedition is now available. See it here!
What’s on your mind reading those words?
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I have the feeling that the Antarctic Quest 21 team just sneaked out of the country before more stringent ‘omicron’-related restrictions made it even more difficult to get this expedition on its way.
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Challenging Habitat 