Atlantea, In Brief
A scientific, educational and human adventure to better understand the Ocean!
During the Atlantea expedition, a crew of passionate young people will embark for more than a year on a sailboat around the North Atlantic Ocean to participate in the study of the Ocean, to encourage a sharing of experiences and knowledge during stopovers and to sail with a minimal environmental impact!
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kilometers traveled
Crew members
Months at sea
The first expedition of the Plankton Mission!
Plankton represents most of the marine organisms as it is all those that drift with the currents. The mission of the Plankton Mission is to encourage a frugal and accessible study of plankton and its environment. Atlantea is the first expedition of this mission and it focuses mainly on the marine microbiome, the invisible part of the plankton spectrum. At the base of the marine food chain, it is also the first indicator of the health of the ocean and is hyper sensitive to environmental changes. Studying it is therefore a priority!
The Itinerary
After two months of sailing off the coast of Brittany to get used to the boat and carry out final tests with the scientific equipment, the crew will set sail from Brittany in the fall of 2023.
The journey will take them across the Bay of Biscay and then along the coast with the aim of arriving at Cape Verde via the Canaries. He will then attack one of his two transatlantic routes to reach the Caribbean and then go back up north via Bermuda and Newfoundland.
Then, heading for Greenland, the most difficult part of the expedition due to the climatic and navigation conditions, but also one of the most important, because this difficulty implies that fewer measurements have been made, making them all the more important. Our itinerary will then take us from Iceland to the Faroe Islands and then to the United Kingdom for a hoped-for return to Brittany in the fall of 2024.
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