Waves of Change
By: Cameron SayMicroplastics Adventure Scientist Sampling setup. Bottle attached to the leg rope. Photo: Cameron Say The ocean has shaped the life that I live today. The feeling of being in the water waiting for a wave is as special to me as riding one to the shore. I...
College of the Atlantic and ASC Join Forces
Principal Investigator Abigail Barrows sorting and counting plastics from a sample. Photo: Joe Klementovich A new partnership has formed to tackle microplastic pollution in oceans, lakes, and rivers around the globe through expanded scientific exploration. The College...
Stranded in Paradise
By Carl BattreallASC Adventure Scientist The crowded beaches of Little Corn Island “You, big guy, put on vest.” said the naval officer to the American a few seats away from me. He quickly, though reluctantly, obliged, strapping on the tattered, faded...
Walk with Landmark
By: Eli AllanASC Landmark Crew "With each step we feel the pulse of the land. Echoes of the great herds that once roamed the high plains. We are the Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation: Landmark Crew."Landmark crews collect wildlife data year-round to inform...
Looking for Microplastics in the Big Island Backcountry
Heading upstream in the Waimanu Valley on the Big Island of Hawaii. Photo by Plastic Tides From Christian Shaw of Plastic Tides:We hiked into a remote valley on the Muliwai Trail, known as the toughest hike in all of Hawaii. Over the course of 3 days we hiked a total...
Watery Thoughts of Prairie Past and Present
By Aline LittLandmark crew member These rolling, golden, bison-tracked plains used to be part of an ocean.One hundred million years ago, the Great Plains lay submerged under a shallow, temperate, inland sea that spanned from the present-day Gulf of Mexico up to the...
Look Deeply, Not Widely
Writing by Sydney ToniPhotos by Deniz BertunaASC Landmark crew Our day starts at eight o’clock. As the rest of the crew gathers in the kitchen to pull together breakfast, or pull themselves together with coffee, I step outside onto the porch of the Enrico...
Science and Solitude on the Chesapeake’s Crowded Waters
By: Jordan SnyderASC Microplastics Adventurer La Trappe Creek off of the Choptank River is just one of many beautiful anchorages in the bay to drop the hook and explore. (Photo by Jordan Snyder) We ghosted out of the Chester River at sunrise leaving behind another...
Meet the Crew: March – May 2016
Aline Litt grew up in Oakwood, Ontario and spent summers at her cottage in the Haliburton Highlands, where she first fell in love with camping, canoeing, hiking and swimming.From 2011 to 2015, she studied Biology and Geography at Memorial University of...
Wildlife of the Modern Great Plains
Cinematography and field recordings by Eli Allan Original Music by Mitchell FlowersASC Landmark Crew members Nov./Dec. 2015 ASC Landmark crews live and work on the American Prairie Reserve in northeastern Montana. The crews record wildlife observations while...