Published on Dec 10, 2013 Matt Rutherford wishes that there was an island of garbage in the middle of Atlantic ocean. If there was, he could simply go out to the island and clean it up. The issue is far more insidious. Tiny fragments of plastic, the size of your fingernail or smaller, scattered over …
WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of State John Kerry’s “message in a bottle” is on the way to the United Nations for the June 8, 2016 World Oceans Day. “The oceans provide the air we breathe, the food that we eat, regulates our weather, and touches everybody, even people who are not physically located next to …
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Published on May 24, 2016 Captain Björn Ahlander talks about the experience of sailing and navigating Draken the traditional Viking route from Norway to Shetland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Canada and USA.
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Draken received a warm welcoming as she made landfall in Qaqortoq, Greenland. A welcomed greeting after encountering icebergs en-route from their trip from Iceland. After 6 days of sailing, the ship sailed into the harbor of Qaqortoq, in the south east of Greenland, near the bay where Erik the Red lived. The Viking Erik the …