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Pure Patagonia, Sampling in South America's Final Frontier

5/30/2017

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By: Dylan Jones, Part 2 of 2

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Cabin on Lago General Carrera, PC: Dylan Jones
I wake up at 6:00 a.m., comfortable in my sleeping bag despite the stiff bed. I take a deep breath and smell the coffee. Although our expedition in the Patagonian backcountry is complete, Nadine maintains her role as early riser and team chef. I stumble out into the living room and rub my eyes. The incredible scene comes into focus through floor-to-ceiling windows: Frothy waves lap at a pebble beach several meters from the porch. Undulating turquoise waters influenced by dynamic winds extend for tens of miles, walled in by the imposing peaks of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field.

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Multicolored Microfibers Found in Zambia

5/23/2017

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By: Lauren de Remer

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A fishing camp along the Zambian bank of the Zambezi River
Imagine a trail so steep and rocky that every step is a slide or ankle sprain. Mosquitos relentlessly bite one’s feet. Then add weight: a backpack containing a camera, two liters of water, a headlamp, and enough sunscreen and bug spray to last another week in Zambia’s Batoka Gorge. Its white sandy beaches are tucked between basalt boulders that heat up like an oven by 8 am. The temperature is 104 degrees. The one water sample I neglected to collect during a 4-day whitewater rafting trip is waiting for me at the end of a three hour hike to the mighty and notorious Zambezi River. And so, down I go.

​I had taken water samples for Adventure Scientists’ 
Global Microplastics Initiative before, but this was a much harder task  – from finding a one-liter water bottle in Livingstone without a leaky top, to trekking back down to the river to fill it, to ensuring it wouldn’t burst at altitude on my return flight. Adventure Scientists needed more freshwater samples to add to their Global Microplastics Initiative dataset, so I knew I had to find a way to get it home.

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Looking Back to the Future at TED

5/16/2017

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By: Victoria Ortiz

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"I'm not trying to be anyone's savior. I'm just trying to think about the future and not be sad."

This quote by Elon Musk at April’s TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada has echoed beyond the stage throughout social media and the web. It’s a sentiment that also resonated with our Executive Director and founder, Gregg Treinish, who was sitting in the audience.

“[Elon Musk] is such a phenomenal visionary thinker,” says Gregg. “I think everyone who works towards making the world a better place does so partially because we feel like we have to do something in the midst of the great challenges we face.”

The conference theme ‘The Future You’ brought together leaders in the technology, education, and design communities to talk about the future. As a finalist for the 2017 TED prize, Gregg was able to attend the conference and listen to hundreds of inspirational activists, scientists, entrepreneurs and artists.

“It was a great opportunity to meet people who will be influential in driving our organization's mission forward,” said Gregg.

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Skiing Powder in India

5/9/2017

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By: Marian Krogh

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Skiing untracked powder at 4000m, PC: Gabby Degagne

​In February of 2017 I went to Gulmarg, India to ski. Yes that’s right, skiing in India. Not only is it possible, it’s amazing. In fact, the highest ski gondola in the world sits in the far northwest of the country in the Kashmir region.
The adventures on and off the mountains never stopped. The town of Gulmarg is enveloped by Himalayan peaks towering at 4000-5000 meters (12,000-15,000 feet). We arrived after one of the biggest snowstorms of the century, which brought close to three meters (120 inches) of snow in five days. This made for great snowpack analysis practice and some phenomenal powder days as we explored the endless terrain accessible from the gondola.
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A beautiful view of the Himalayas while skinning up behind Mt Apharwat to the “sharks fin,” PC: Gabby DeGagne

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The Science of Design

5/2/2017

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By: Victoria Ortiz

Left brain, right brain. Scientific or artistic. In this world of specialization it’s easy to separate the two spheres. But at Adventure Scientists we bring together different communities and ideas. We connect adventurers and scientists, and we believe that data tell stories that create tangible outcomes. But how does one show that in a logo?
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