HURRAY for WORLD OCEAN DAY!
June 8th – a day we loved to honor and celebrate!
Apart from celebrating the WOD we were proud to announce that we are getting ready to launch our Mothership and expedition yacht, Hrimfare, into the water, but also to announce some very exciting scientific expeditions this season. We are starting with a monitoring expedition for the DiverSea-project, an EU-funded oceanic biodiversity assignment, managed by the University of Trondheim, Norway, together with renowned European universities and stakeholders – sailing along the coastal waters of Sweden and Norway. Then we will continue for more expeditions along the coasts of Europe via the Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea for another scientific assignment
– Nexus-MonArc project – in the Hellenic Volcanic Arc in Greece.
Check out more about this year's Hrimfare expeditions.
WE SAIL THE OCEAN TO LEARN MORE
We are sailing from east to west, in the south and up north. Check out our Projects.
WE LOVE WATER IN ALL ITS FORMS
Waves
Water waves are powerful stuff. The constant pounding of waves and the ebb and flow of tidal currents could generate more electricity than world consumption, if harnessed in the right way.
Ocean
The ocean produces over half of the world's oxygen and absorbs 50 times more carbon dioxide than our atmosphere. She is our most important eco system source and we should treat her really well.
Drops
Every drop of water can carry millions of bacteria and also fish eggs, baby crabs and plankton. Distributing life around our world while nursing hungry plants and dry soil in form of a good rain.
Lakes
1% of all water is fresh water in lakes and rivers, being crucial drinking water tanks for humans and animals. Gotta stop filling them with toxics and waste.
Ice
Ice is fresh drinking water on hold. White glaciers and polar ice is cooling down the atmosphere and helps reflecting heat from the sun away from our planet. We need to study it for so many good reasons.
Seas
In the Baltic Sea, water pollution from 80 million people and 66 rivers has led to dead sea bottom areas as large as Denmark. Development can be turned around, but we need more data to know how.
Clouds
Clouds carry water around, they reflect the sun's warm heat, they cool down the surface on land and water and in the form of steam we can create energy in big numbers and with efficient output.
Rivers
The10 largest rivers carry 90% of the plastic waste floating into our oceans and the marine food chain. Cleaning them helps, but we need to turn off the tap... by stopping the use of single-use plastics.
WE WORK WITH OCEAN LOVERS
Citizen science: Ordinary people sharing their time to help collect and monitor observations on oceans, in nature and in society. A research method and experience, conducted to improve the capacity for scientific communities while increasing the understanding of science for all.
WE WELCOME YOU ABOARD!
We are sailors and scientists, trying hard to be good global citizens. Check out more about our team, the yachts and our labs here. If you have a boat or if you want to join our citizen science program and help us study the waters in your surroundings, please sign up below and shoot us a short description about your interest. We will send you more information as soon as we can.
Thank you for your interest!