More from Pete
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David Rice
Mon 25 Aug 2014 19:58
Hello my friends,
You may recall that in my last blog I mentioned E who joined the Aussie
boat (darned Aussies). A couple of people have emailed me to say that I have not
mentioned her again, as I had promised.
Dai the skipper wanted us all to contribute to the blog. My crew
mates do a fine job of describing our progress (or lack of it), so to do
something different I decided to give brief “snapshots”of some of the most
interesting people that we come across here. To be honest, to be here at almost
75 North in a small boat, well...you have to be a bit crazy. So these people
that I talk about are also a bit crazy in addition to being very interesting.
|So about E, here goes:
E graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in Sustainable
Architecture. Almost immediately after that she took to roaming the seas on
boats with a special interest in environmental studies. She eventually became
skipper of a 72 foot steel boat. She is now Director of Pangea Explorations
which takes scientists, film makers, journalists, in fact anyone who is
interested on research projects all over the world on this vessel. E has also
set up an Environmental Education Programme in Tonga’s Ha’apai Islands. If you
are interested checkout: www.panexplore.com
E is also a talented artist, painting and drawing scenes from her travels,
from Fiji to Siberia. But this is an interesting twist. If you buy one of her
prints (I have bought 2), she will give, for free, a presentation by skype to a
school, of your choice. The presentation , of course, is about the ocean and the
environment. After the presentation, she will spend time answering questions
from the class. I won’t go into detail, but if you look at the web site, you
will likely be shocked by the effect that plastic microbes are having on the
oceans, the food chain, and ultimately, on our health. Her pictures can be seen
on line at www,emilypenn.co.uk
Of course, to have done so much in your life, you have to be getting on a
bit don’t you? Emily Penn is 27.
Well that’s it for now. You may have just seen a blog from Dai concerning
our expedition. I don’t feel like adding to it just now, I have to come to terms
with it, but I will do so in the near future.
Take care everybody,
Pete
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