What a great and fascinating Leg from Cape Town to Melbourne we can look back on. The whole fleet arrived in the Melbourne Docklands.
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Turn the Tide on Plastic team celebrate the end of Leg 3. ©Gutekunst
The team was able to take care of our scientific unit despite the extreme conditions and swell. As you can see from the next plot we already acquired a big chunk of data but there is a lot more to come.
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Preliminary temperature section from Legs 1 – 3. ©Gutekunst
Next to the science we can now look forward into 2018 and get some impressions from Melbourne. What a great idea to collect rubbish from the river and what a beautiful NYE celebration.
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From Dusk till NYE. ©Gutekunst
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Yarra River Litter Collector – Nice Idea! ©Gutekunst
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Using the rivers current to collect rubbish. ©Gutekunst
Cheers,
S