Meet Team Ascension
By Anna Cummins on August 26, 2010
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And they're off!
This afternoon, our intrepid 5 Gyres team set sail for our first venture into the South Atlantic Gyre, from Rio to Ascension Island and back.
Meet the team of sailors, scientists, journalists and filmmakers aboard the Sea Dragon. We'll be hearing their stories over the coming weeks, with particular interest in Marcus's new "high speed trawl", which will revolutionize the way we collect our ocean samples. This will be the first of 3 expeditions through the South Atlantic Gyre studying plastic pollution, the 4th in our global 5 Gyres study. We're cheering them on from land!
This afternoon, our intrepid 5 Gyres team set sail for our first venture into the South Atlantic Gyre, from Rio to Ascension Island and back.
Meet the team of sailors, scientists, journalists and filmmakers aboard the Sea Dragon. We'll be hearing their stories over the coming weeks, with particular interest in Marcus's new "high speed trawl", which will revolutionize the way we collect our ocean samples. This will be the first of 3 expeditions through the South Atlantic Gyre studying plastic pollution, the 4th in our global 5 Gyres study. We're cheering them on from land!
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