Plastic Paradise by Jen Pate – Deckhand aboard Sea Dragon. “The most important thing we extract from the ocean is our existence.” Sylvia Earle, World Ocean Summit 2014 We’ve reached the halfway point – a day of celebration and appreciation among the small crew on our passage from Panama to […]
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Sea Dragon anchoring in Norra Kvarken
It was a beautiful Swedish sunny Saturday the 9th of August when the crew for leg 3 of this Baltic Sea Expedition gathered in the harbour of Sandhamn in the archipelago of Stockholm. We were all excited when approaching this magnificent sailing boat, the Sea Dragon, that was about to be our home for the next seven days. The aim of this trip is to set sail for the northern parts of the Gulf of Bottnia in the Baltic Sea and take samples of the water along the way.
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