Here we are in Guadeloupe! After 20 hours of navigation with roll we reached the beautiful coast of Guadeloupe sailing down wind. The Guadelupian media were present upon our arrival, looking forward to knowing more about the expedition. We took up our new boat, and everybody set to work to move the mountain of equipment: scientific, equipment, sailing equipment and food for a dozen days.
Lire la suiteGetting started with the new boat dedicated to the expedition revealed a small anomaly on a propeller. The crew thus preferred to postpone the departure from Guadeloupe to tomorrow morning in order to repair the equipment. We still left the Pointe-à-Pitre’s port to sail a first time to get our hand in the new sailboat and to carry out the safety drills necessary to navigation in the ocean. We then dropped the anchor Northeast of Guadeloupe. The departure is planned for tomorrow morning.
Lire la suiteGood evening everyone! Here we are! At last on our way towards the gyre, after these last days of technical delay! We left early from Guadeloupe this morning, as soon as the replacement of the defective propeller was over. The boat moves forward and is heading northerly/north-easterly. We are sailing very close to the wind currently turning northward. According to the captain, we are this evening 480 miles away from the doors of the gyre and if we continue at this rhythm we will be there in 3 days!
Lire la suiteHEADING FOR THE SARGASSO SEA TO EXPLORE THE MASS OF PLASTIC WASTE WHIRLED TOGETHER BY MARINE CURRENTS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC 5 May 2014 -‐ Port du Marin -‐ Fort de France – Martinique The 7th continent expedition will leave this year from Port du Marin at Fort de France. It will head due north towards the Sargasso Sea to reach the centre of the North Atlantic gyre, located using Mercator Ocean’s super computer model of marine currents.
Lire la suiteHEADING FOR THE SARGASSO SEA TO EXPLORE THE MASS OF PLASTIC WASTE WHIRLED TOGETHER BY MARINE CURRENTS IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC 5 May 2014 -‐ Port du Marin -‐ Fort de France – Martinique The 7th continent expedition will leave this year from Port du Marin at Fort de France. It will head due north towards the Sargasso Sea to reach the centre of the North Atlantic gyre, located using Mercator Ocean’s super computer model of marine currents.
Lire la suiteLes travaux sur les échantillons ramenés de la campagne de mai dernier en Atlantique Nord se poursuivent à l'Université Paul Sabatier. Partie 1 - Partie 2 - Partie 3). Nous réalisons des études de spectroscopie Infra Rouge. Cette technique nous permet d'identifier la nature du plastique de chaque débris collecté.
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