Darwin200 conservation expedition home after two years and 43,000 miles

THE KENYAN CONSERVATIONIST’S ‘SEA SAFARIS’ COMBINE SCIENCE WITH TRAVEL, OFFERING THE CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN OCEAN PROTECTION

The seasoned polar explorer Franklin lost two vessels and 129 men, himself included, in the late 1840s, searching for the route that would take 3,000nm off the sea route to the Orient. Even though glo

↑ During the Darwin200 Global Voyage, Dutch tall ship the Oosterschelde sailed to Chile’s Brüggen Glacier, a vast river of ice in the Patagonian wilderness and one of South America’s largest glaciers.

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This week’s dream: tackling Moby-Dick at ...

The sun is shining, there is a consistent breeze from the southeast, and I hear the distinct flapping sound of a boat tacking through the wind. Popping up on deck I suddenly realise that I am surround