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Transatlantic Sail in 2014: Bermuda To Iceland

Transatlantic Sail in 2014: Bermuda To Iceland

Next year there will be an opportunity to sail from Bermuda to Iceland across the subtropical and subpolar gyres of the North Atlantic, to study microplastic pollution abundance and affects on life in the ocean. The bookings are through Another World Adventures for the trip, which is being hosted by 5 Gyres. Their promo text said: “You’ll spend... Read more of this article

Go Behind The Scenes Of The “Frozen Planet”

Go Behind The Scenes Of The “Frozen Planet”

On Tuesday, October 15, BUEI and LookBermuda will present “Orcas to Ice Diving: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Frozen Planet”. Come out for a unique opportunity to see amazing footage and hear incredible stories by multi-Emmy award winning cameraman, Doug Anderson, who is currently in Bermuda filming marine life in the Sargasso Sea with LookBermuda... Read more of this article

Bermuda Adventurer On Top of the World

Bermuda Adventurer On Top of the World

Bermudian photographer and adventurer John Harries is on top of the world — almost literally — as he continues to explore Arctic waters aboard his aluminum cutter “Morgan’s Cloud”, named after the daytime cloud which forms over Bermuda. Mr. Harries, 60, who ran computer businesses in Hamilton before embarking on... Read more of this article

Catlin Arctic Survey: Changes to Ocean Currents

Catlin Arctic Survey: Changes to Ocean Currents

The 2011 Catlin Arctic Survey, sponsored by Bermuda-based (re)insurer Catlin, will focus on evolving conditions in the Arctic Ocean that could cause changes in ocean currents that influence the prevailing climate of Europe and the East Coast of North America. This year’s Catlin Arctic Survey will begin in March when a team of polar explorers and... Read more of this article

Bermuda Sponsored Explorers in The Arctic Ocean

Bermuda Sponsored Explorers in The Arctic Ocean

Sponsored by a Bermuda based insurance company, a team of veteran polar explorers began an approximate 500-kilometre trek across the floating sea ice of the Arctic Ocean as part of Catlin Arctic Survey 2010 yesterday. The international scientific mission’s purpose is to learn how increased carbon emissions could be affecting the seawater of the... Read more of this article