by Adventure Scientists | Dec 9, 2014 | apr, Landmark
Several members of the November Landmark crew are staying on in December, and are joined by three new teammates, Zach, Elisabeth and Emma. Get to know the new folks here: Emma Vautour is a 2014 graduate of Messiah College, where she studied environmental...
by Adventure Scientists | Dec 5, 2014 | microplastics, oceans, sailing
By Emily WolfeWhat a coup! Our partners Marjo Boertien and Edwin Butter at Ocean Conservation have pulled off an incredible feat, enlisting crew members from 100 sailboats to collect 600 samples as they cross the Atlantic Ocean. Yes, that’s right, 600...
by Adventure Scientists | Dec 5, 2014 | microplastics, oceans, sailing, surfing
By Abby Barrows ASC Partner Scientist This summer, ASC adventurers Teresa and Ben Carey sailed to Stonington and to hand-deliver the water samples they collected on their passage from Panama to Maine. I showed them around my lab, and had them process samples two of...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 21, 2014 | apr, Landmark
A frog frozen into the mud Story and Photos by Kim Tri The October and November Landmark crew didn’t witness the catastrophic floods of late summer. We never dealt with the endless rain and the gumbo roads. We didn’t visit the wreckage of the bridge across...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Alex Hamilton For his first conservation-oriented project, Brooklyn, New York-based photographer and filmmaker Erik Goldstein knew he wanted something big. The American Prairie Reserve (APR) turned out to be that thing—it is big, both physically and symbolically....
