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Article: Ocean Conservation Expedition Funded by Rockefeller Family and Tiffany Foundation Heads Into the Northwest Passage - a Melting Frontier.
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- Global Warming Focus
- Article date:
- August 10, 2009
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After eight weeks at sea following its departure on May 31 from Seattle, the crew of Ocean Watch - the 64-foot steel-hulled sailboat - representing the 13 month- long Around the Americas expedition has turned east into the ice-filled Northwest Passage after travelling a predominently northerly course.
The Realities of the Navigating the Northwest Passage
The expedition is focused on the realities of global warming and climate change. Captain Mark Schrader describes in the latest Captain's Log what the boat and crew face as they enter the Northwest Passage.
"(Sunday) at 0745 the anchor was up and Ocean Watch headed to Point Barrow, approximately ...