Atlantic 2014 Archives - eXXpedition

Meet Jen Pate March 16th, 2016

SpainNOW ArtCOP21exhibition by Maria Arceo November 24th, 2015

Larger than Us August 18th, 2015

Exploration to the Gyres August 13th, 2015

Loops and Cycles July 27th, 2015

A Sea Change | ONCA July 22nd, 2015

Two Journeys – Reflections of an eXXpedition Crewmate June 29th, 2015

The full-length eXXpedition documentary film is now available online March 25th, 2015

eXXpediiton Film Premiere at the Royal Geographic Society March 12th, 2015

eXXpedition Director and Sea Dragon Skipper Emily Penn at TedXEastEnd February 25th, 2015

eXXpedition Atlantic Film Premiere! February 18th, 2015

Happy New Year! eXXpedition by GoPro! December 31st, 2014

Food glorious food! December 12th, 2014

8th December – Sea Dragon and eXXpedition crew welcome the schools of Martinique December 10th, 2014

6th December – Body Burden in Martinique December 8th, 2014

5th December – Land ho! December 7th, 2014

4th December – Inspiration from our skipper and the 'what is our future' sessions December 4th, 2014

3rd December – Science, Seaweed and Songs December 3rd, 2014

2nd December – Shanley's sea tales and a trip to the hair salon, but not what you think! December 2nd, 2014

1 December — A New Month & A New Future! December 1st, 2014

Sunday 30 November — Species Remembrance Ceremony & The Art of Making the Unseen Visible November 30th, 2014

Saturday 29 November — A Whale In Our Sights & Inspirational Activism November 29th, 2014

28th November – 'A Perfect Day' & Our Super Sailing Psychologist November 29th, 2014

27 November – Happy Thanksgiving America November 27th, 2014

Wednesday 26 November — Leaving the Tropic of Cancer November 26th, 2014

Tuesday 25 November – Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sea Dragon But Were Afraid to Ask November 25th, 2014

Sunday 23-Monday 24 November — Flying Fish, a Last Supper and Fragments of Time November 24th, 2014

Monday 24 November — Going With the Flow November 24th, 2014

Saturday 22 November – Pancakes, Progress, Plastics November 22nd, 2014

Friday 21 November – Harsh Weather, A Close Call & 'Me-Search' update November 21st, 2014

Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 November – 1200 27°25.88N 22°42.26W November 20th, 2014

Anchors Away and They're Off! November 17th, 2014

Sunday 16 November — Our Crew Find Their Sea Legs! November 16th, 2014

Where Our Waste Goes November 15th, 2014

Karen McCarthy Woolf – Our land based support! October 30th, 2014

Why eXXpedition 2014? – Jenna's story! October 9th, 2014

Meet Anne Baker; Sailor, Instructor and Scientist! September 24th, 2014

Meet our Engineer in Residence Dr Jenna Jambeck! September 24th, 2014

Maria, our Artist in Residence! August 20th, 2014

Meet Diana, our fish and toxicology expert! August 15th, 2014

Trashed: a global waste problem. April 3rd, 2014

Introducing Sue from the wild windy Isle of Arran! March 25th, 2014

Welcome aboard Constança – Our European Policy Guru on Marine Litter! March 21st, 2014

Marine Litter Watch launches a new app to tackle Marine Plastic Waste March 4th, 2014

Welcome aboard Jen Pate, our filmmaker! March 3rd, 2014

Introducing Malin, our Nordic Climate Activist and Green Agitator! February 12th, 2014

Pow! Welcome aboard Caterina! February 6th, 2014

Adding Art into the Mix! January 23rd, 2014

Sea Dragon January 18th, 2014

Maidentrip January 17th, 2014

Meet the Virtual Voyage Leg 3 crew! For our day-l

Meet the Virtual Voyage Leg 3 crew!

For our day-long virtual voyage on Saturday, our brilliant crew of 10 multidisciplinary women joined us on Zoom for science, superpowers and solutions...

Claire Marsauche @clairemarsauche
Melissa Donich @Drop_the_plastic
Vinuri Silva @vinuriii
Erika Muelle @erikamuelle
Louise Brogan @playwild1
Paige Myatt @paigemyatt
Elle Riley @rileyellie
Heidi Prislan @heidiprislan
Christina Shaw
Helen Clark

Stay tuned to hear more on what they got up to during the voyage!

This Saturday, we’re kicking off our third Virtu

This Saturday, we’re kicking off our third Virtual Voyage! ⁠
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For this condensed, one-day version of our virtual voyage, 7 women will be joining us (virtually) from across the globe, hailing from Australia, USA, France, Canada and the UK. Joining us onboard, our multidisciplinary crew includes an illustrator, an outdoor and environmental educator and a student!⁠
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This virtual voyage takes us to Vanuatu, a nation of over 80 islands which are volcanic in origin and feature long narrow coastal plains.⁠
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Stay tuned, we’ll be introducing the Vanuatu virtual voyage crew on Monday!

We're excited to announce that leading online reta

Our second Virtual Voyage is now complete! Here

Our second Virtual Voyage is now complete!

Here are some of the highlights:

11 women from 6 nationalities came together online for a 24 hour eXXpedition Virtual Voyage over two weeks

The crew collected 600 pieces of plastic debris in their local areas, across 4 different countries during their litter survey

During Watch 5, our crew took part in a virtual “Talanoa,” joined by local Fijian representatives to discuss how the plastics issue is affecting the island nation, and solutions from sea to source.

When it came to taking action following the voyage, crewmember Taylor said: “I’m going to continue with cutting-edge research in this space and become a leading subject matter expert and advocate for plastic-free and zero-waste lifestyles, economies, societies, and future.”

Thank you to our wonderful crew for joining - stay tuned for the next leg, which will take us to Vanuatu!

Watch 5 took this leg of our virtual voyage to the

Watch 5 took this leg of our virtual voyage to the Republic of Fiji, is a Melanesian island nation that comprises more than 330 islands.

Like many island nations, Fiji has been affected by plastic pollution, with waste management a major concern. Plastics have also been declared a food security issue by Director General of the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program (SPREP) Kosi Latu.

But Fiji has been working to tackle the plastics issue. In January 2020, a ban on the manufacture, sale and supply of single-use plastic bags went into effect in efforts to achieve a plastic-free nation. And a year later, a ban on polystyrene products in the country went into effect on 1st Jan 2021, as part of the government’s Climate Change Act.

Happy Anniversary to Round the World Leg 7! - This

Happy Anniversary to Round the World Leg 7!
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This time last year, our Round The World crew had just set sail from the Galapagos to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) with @perkinelmer!
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After collecting 5 shoes, 44 bottles, 77 pieces of styrofoam, 240 pieces of rope, 1 t-shirt and 3380 microplastics during a beach clean on a remote beach with @galapagossc in the Galapagos, the crew set sail for Rapa Nui (Easter Island).
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The Leg 7 crew sailed 2009 nautical miles across the ocean, including through the infamous South Pacific Gyre.
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“Beyond the floating plastic we see with the naked eye as we sail towards the South Pacific Gyre, every time we test the water, using the manta trawl and Garrett screen for the surface water, Niskin bottles for the subsurface and Van Veen Grab Sampler for the sediment, they confirm the presence of plastic.” - Crew member @carrysomers
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Back on land, the crew were treated to an incredible welcome ceremony and hosted an outreach event, attended by more than 50 people.
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Consisting of 10 women from 6 nationalities, onboard this leg, the multidisciplinary crew included a fashion activist, a food security manager, a psychologist, a creative consultant and a lawyer!

From sailor to architect to engineer, each of the

From sailor to architect to engineer, each of the multidisciplinary women on our virtual voyage crew has brought their own, unique “superpower” and area of expertise to this leg of our voyage.⁠
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Here are some of the incredible superpowers that our crew have brought to the second leg of our virtual voyage...⁠
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Conservation architect ⁠
Circular design and systems thinking⁠
Marine Conservationist⁠
Non-Profit Management⁠
Artist - Environmental Technician⁠
Natural Resources Management Specialist⁠
Mechanical Engineer⁠
Sustainable Interior Designer⁠
Environmental and Safety Engineer⁠
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Everybody can harness their skills and superpowers to make a difference in their lives, communities and part of the world! What’s your superpower? Let us know in the comments!⁠
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Photo by Erica Cirino

Can you guess what the most commonly found item on

Can you guess what the most commonly found item on our crew’s litter survey was?⁠
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Recording their litter on @UniGA’s Marine Debris Tracker App, our virtual voyage crew picked up over 600 pieces of plastic debris in four different countries across the globe - including Singapore, USA, UK and Australia!⁠
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Head over to our blog now to see the full results of the survey! (link in bio)

From the UK to Singapore to Australia, Leg Two of

From the UK to Singapore to Australia, Leg Two of our virtual voyage headed out to their local areas to conduct a waste management survey using the Marine Debris Tracker.

Here’s what they had to say...

“I did my first walk along one of our beaches that has a very obvious transition point between being a sandy beach to being a rocky beach. I was happy to see that it was fairly clean on both, but it was definitely noticeably worse on the sand. I did a second transect on my road, which I know is frequently dumped on, but didn't spot a lot on top of the snow layer. I'm sure it was probably tenfold below!” - Ellen @seadisco

“Did my first tracker walk along the Thames. Due to the flooding there was a lot of debris, really quite shocking.” - Lynn @lynnelambourne

“I did one transect in a mixed use residential/retail area, and one in a park. In both cases, it was sad to see so many cigarette butts, both for environmental and human health reasons. And depressing to see a few large pieces of waste (pizza slice container, plastic drink cups) that couldn’t have been dropped unintentionally. All with trash and recycling options easily accessible nearby!” Alex

“Did my cleans yesterday! Although it weirdly mapped me all over the place and accounted for a very long distance vs 100m but I found SO much on the beach. My eyes are always on the look out for litter but it was quite saddening to see how many little bits you don't see until you're looking for them!” - Pippa @philo_and_co

“These sidewalks are cleaned almost daily. I'm baffled that styrofoam is still commonly used in Singapore... there were very many small fragments of that.” Celine @celinelimjl

“I did one in a recreational area and picked 56 pieces of plastic out of a hedgerow alongside a stream - lots of plastic food wrappers, a highlighter pen (!), plastic bags, bottle tops and plastic glove. Then I did a data collection in a commercial zone on a path in front of a curry house and a few other takeaway outlets.. picked up 131 items .. mainly cigarette butts, face mask, plastic wraps, bottles…” - Katie @katieredfern_meaningful

Tomorrow we’ll be revealing the results of the litter survey!

Meet the crew! Last Friday, the crew onboard the

Meet the crew!

Last Friday, the crew onboard the second leg of our virtual voyage met with Mission Leader Sally (@PlanetEarthrowl) for the first time. Joining us this leg we have…

Nicola de Quincey @nicoladeq
Taylor Maddalene @finding_tay
Sibel Bulay
Marjan Verschraegen @ocean_trash
Katie Redfern @katieredfern_meaningful
Pippa Corry @philo_and_co
Tünde Kelemen @blue_deepforest
Ellen Reynolds @seadisco
lynne Lambourne @lynnelambourne
Alex Michalko
Celine Lim @celinelimjl
Tharakara Sriram @oe_oceaneducation

Thank you to their sponsors for supporting their virtual journey, including Little Ship Club, Orange Beach Alabama, BAM Bamboo Clothing and Storm Brands!

Find out more about the virtual voyage crewmembers on our website - link in bio

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