3 Years. 31 Voyages. 300 Women.
2019 - 2022
eXXpedition Round the World is an all-female sailing voyage and research mission. Over 38,000 nautical miles and 30 voyage legs starting and ending in the United Kingdom. On board S.V. TravelEdge, eXXpedition crews will explore plastics and toxics in our ocean, via four of the five oceanic gyres and the Arctic.
Connected by a passion to protect our shared ocean, it will enable 300 women to go to sea as hands-on crew and experience first hand the challenges we face from single-use plastics while contributing to cutting-edge scientific research and solutions-based thinking.
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Round the World Route Plan
October 2019 - September 2022
| Leg 1: Plymouth to Azores with Rothy’s | 7th Oct, 2019– 20th Oct, 2019 | |
| Leg 2: Azores to Antigua with Copernicus Marine Services | 27th Oct, 2019– 18th Nov, 2019 | |
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Leg 3: Exploring Antigua |
23rd Nov, 2019– 26th Nov, 2019 |
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Leg 4: Antigua to Aruba with Red Ensign Group |
29th Nov, 2019– 8th Dec, 2019 |
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Leg 5: Aruba to Panama |
12 Dec, 2019– 22nd Dec, 2019 |
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Leg 6: Panama to Galapagos with Travel Edge |
28 Jan, 2020– 8th Feb, 2020 |
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Leg 7: Galapagos to Easter Island with PerkinElmer |
15th Feb, 2020– 4th Mar, 2020 |
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Leg 8: Easter Island to Tahiti |
8th Mar, 2020– 1st Apr, 2020 |
Voyages put on hold for 12 months due to COVID-19.
Proposed dates for future route are provisional.
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Leg 9: Tahiti to Cook Islands |
20th Apr, 2021– 27th Apr, 2021 |
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Leg 10: Cook Islands to Tonga |
2nd May, 2021– 12th May, 2021 |
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Leg 11: Tonga to Fiji with Navarino |
18th May, 2021– 25th May, 2021 |
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Leg 12: Fiji to Vanuatu |
30th May, 2021– 6th June, 2021 |
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Leg 13: Vanuatu to Cairns |
11th Jun, 2021– 25th Jun, 2021 |
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Leg 14: Cairns to Darwin |
13th Jul, 2021– 24th Jul, 2021 |
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Leg 15: Darwin to Perth with TOMRA |
1st Aug, 2021– 18th Aug, 2021 |
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Leg 16: Perth to Mauritius |
27th Aug, 2021–23rd Sep, 2021 |
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Leg 17: Mauritius to Cape Town with Slaughter and May |
30th Sep, 2021– 24th Oct, 2021 |
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Leg 18: Cape Town to João Pessoa |
21st Nov, 2021– 22nd Dec, 2021 |
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Leg 19: João Pessoa to Barbados |
4th Jan, 2022–25th Jan, 2022 |
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Leg 20: Barbados to St Lucia |
31st Jan, 2022– 6th Feb, 2022 |
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Leg 21: St Lucia to Bermuda |
14th Mar, 2022– 18th Mar, 2022 |
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Leg 22: Exploring Bermuda |
24th Mar, 2022– 29th Mar, 2022 |
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Leg 23: Bermuda to North Atlantic Gyre |
3rd Apr, 2022– 14th Apr, 2022 |
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Leg 24: Bermuda to Newport, Rhode Island |
20th Apr, 2022– 29th Apr, 2022 |
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Leg 25: Newport, RI to Goose Bay, Labrador |
13th May, 2022– 31st May, 2022 |
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Leg 26: Labrador to Disko Bay |
7th Jun, 2022– 18th Jun, 2022 |
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Leg 27: Disko Bay to Nuuk |
23rd Jun, 2022– 1st Jul, 2022 |
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Leg 28: Nuuk to Iceland |
7th Jul, 2022– 21st Jul, 2022 |
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Leg 29: Iceland to Lofoten |
28th Jul, 2022– 9th Aug, 2022 |
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Leg 30: Lofoten to Oslo with TOMRA |
14th Aug, 2022– 24th Aug, 2022 |
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Leg 31: Oslo to London with TOMRA |
30th Aug, 2022– 7th Sep, 2022 |