Passages: Research and Conservation
Passages and awaiting weather windows for crossings will not be time wasted whilst on the Arksen Viking Rally. There will be the chance to join research in the following areas:
- Micro plastics and the effect on the ocean and ecosystems
- Ghost nets – smaller vessels will search and geotag ghost nets and the larger vessels will assist in collection. Research will then be undertaken to understand where the nets were released and how they can be prevented in the future
- Studies in ocean currents and oceanography
- Quantitative ocean science
- Weather pattern studies
- Lost containers – geotagging and tracking
- Ocean alkalinity enhancement projects in the deep ocean
- Research to assist in the development of ocean based negative emission technologies
- Ocean current mapping