1Sun4All. Launched on April 13 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, the 2014 campaign for PlanetSolar comes to an end today, in Venice, Italy, the boat’s last stop and prestigious winter home, according to PlanetSolar. This 9,000 kilometer trip, spread out over 5 months of navigation, featured stops in Atalayoun (Morocco), Monaco, and then … [continued]
1Sun4All Since July 28, the MS Tûranor PlanetSolar has travelled through Greece as part of the UNIGE-led TerraSubmersa expedition. This mission was divided into two distinct phases, according to PlanetSolar. The first was to introduce the archeologists’ work among the public and local authorities through a series of events organized along the … [continued]
1Sun4All You may remember from an earlier story that a group of research scientists from Greece and Switzerland will take part in the PlanetSolar 2014 expedition, this summer, in the Argolic Gulf in Greece. This iconic 21st century catamaran, a symbol of modern technology, will lead the search into the past on an expedition that may well be … [continued]
Originally published on 1Sun4All. Buoyed by the success of the DeepWater expedition carried out along the Gulf Stream in the spring of 2013, the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and PlanetSolar are launching TerraSubmersa this summer, according to PlanetSolar. A group of research scientists from Greece and Switzerland will take part in the PlanetSolar 2014 expedition in the … [continued]
This article was originally published on 1Sun4All. From the ship’s blog, Violeta writes: “We arrived at the edge of the Gulf Stream and are increasing the pace of vertical profiles. Faithful to ‘zigzagodromy’, we are following the boundary region of the whirlpool, eddy, which detaches from the main current by successively deploying … [continued]
