We’ve got a mix of 13 crew members from all over, including the UK, Holland, United States, Brazil, Sweden, and one person all the way from Bermuda! We spent the larger part of the morning assembling our multi-level trawl, which is paramount in collecting any plastic debris. It collects debris at various levels to create a depth profile of plastics within the gyre.
Read MoreThe just completed Brazilian Seamount Expedition has been an important project for us on many fronts. For conservation, this is the first ever look at an extremely remote, unexplored region that has great biological potential. For the team and Sea Dragon, this was also a first test of our ability […]
Read MoreHeading out of the Seamount banks, with the shallow reef dives behind us, we now take on last shot at deep water. On our course track, WSW there is an interesting extension of the Jaseur Bank. Much smaller and more compact, this mountain rises from 4000m to a marked […]
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