Our oceans are full of plastic, and fragments of fishing nets, bottle lids, microbeads and cotton buds are some of the most dangerous things that lurk in the deep. Yesterday was the first in a series of events this summer run by Selfridges Project Ocean, the Zoological Society London and a host of other amazing partners in the Ultralounge at Selfridges, in an effort to rethink the stories we tell ourselves about plastic.
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Always with Me – By Mitchell McLean
Mitch McLean, Pangaea’s tireless intern and deckhand extraordinaire, volunteered his time and efforts day after day to make sure that everything on board ran smoothly. He did so with the honest intentions of putting his education and his passion for adventure to good use, and we think he did both […]
Read MoreBlogger of the Day-Alysse Mathalon
Montreal-Toronto Expedition Freshwater Research and Scientific Communications Course Crew size: 14 Blogger of the Day- Alysse Mathalon- BSc. Marine Biology and Oceanography, Dalhousie University I ship you not- yesterday morning we awoke to a beautiful, calm day amongst the Thousand Islands, but inside our seaworthy vessel, foul odors arose from […]
Read MoreThe Fires of Change by Asta Mail, Great Lakes Expedition Coordinator
Asta Mail, Great Lakes Expedition Coordinator asta@panexplore.com 1835. French political thinker and Historian Alexis de Tocqueville gazes upon the South coast of Lake Eerie, aboard the steamboat Ohio. He is 26 years old, and in the midst of touring the continental United States, writing his signature novel ‘Democracy in America’. […]
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