A Gale or a Lobster?
A gale sidetracks the trip to the Arctic, prompting a stop on the island of Nantucket.
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A gale sidetracks the trip to the Arctic, prompting a stop on the island of Nantucket.
Longtime sailor and founder of Ocean Research Project, Matt Rutherford, is sailing to Greenland, with the help of several organizations to research our oceans.
This expedition remained exciting to the very end. For the last 5 days we were trying to track a storm that looked as if it
Westerly winds dominate the region we have sailed into. It seems the winds can die off or blow lightly out of any direction but when
I’ve had a busy week. The day after we sailed passed Wake Island we sailed out of the easterly trade winds and into a windless
The luxuries of civilization only satisfy those wants which they themselves create. Well, at least that’s what the great scientist and Antarctic explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Today we pass from the western hemisphere into the eastern hemisphere, 24 hours vanish and like magic and an entire day disappears. All of our
At this point we have sailed more miles than it would take to get from Annapolis Maryland to England, and we are only halfway there.
Because the open ocean is out of sight it is typically out of mind. There are many misunderstandings. When it comes to plastic trash in our ocean the one I hear most often “is there is an island of trash the size of Texas in the middle of Pacific ocean.”
The trade winds can either be a blessing or a curse. I sailed roughly 10,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean north to south while sailing
This is the first time in history that any organization has done a continuous marine plastics survey from one continent to another.
We imagined sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge with the sun shining and a light breeze. Things often don’t go as planned.
A gale sidetracks the trip to the Arctic, prompting a stop on the island of Nantucket.
Longtime sailor and founder of Ocean Research Project, Matt Rutherford, is sailing to Greenland, with the help of several organizations to research our oceans.
This expedition remained exciting to the very end. For the last 5 days we were trying to track a storm that looked as if it
Westerly winds dominate the region we have sailed into. It seems the winds can die off or blow lightly out of any direction but when
I’ve had a busy week. The day after we sailed passed Wake Island we sailed out of the easterly trade winds and into a windless
The luxuries of civilization only satisfy those wants which they themselves create. Well, at least that’s what the great scientist and Antarctic explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Today we pass from the western hemisphere into the eastern hemisphere, 24 hours vanish and like magic and an entire day disappears. All of our
At this point we have sailed more miles than it would take to get from Annapolis Maryland to England, and we are only halfway there.
Because the open ocean is out of sight it is typically out of mind. There are many misunderstandings. When it comes to plastic trash in our ocean the one I hear most often “is there is an island of trash the size of Texas in the middle of Pacific ocean.”
The trade winds can either be a blessing or a curse. I sailed roughly 10,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean north to south while sailing
This is the first time in history that any organization has done a continuous marine plastics survey from one continent to another.
We imagined sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge with the sun shining and a light breeze. Things often don’t go as planned.
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