Crew Log 203 – Parked in Peru
March 4, 2010 – Callao, Peru
By Herb McCormick
For the longest time imaginable, Peru would not reveal itself. We’d been closing on the coast all evening long, and it was there on the chart-plotter, and even on radar, so we knew it was lurking in the darkness and the haze. But the actual shape of the thing, the form and coastline, never quite materialized. It was a rumor in the night…
Around the Americas is a 25,000 mile sailing circumnavigation of the American continents with the mission of inspiring, educating and engaging the citizens of the Americas to protect our fragile oceans.
Education
Pacific Science Center has developed a K-8 Teacher’s Guide and an Informal Educator’s Toolkit for you to use in your classrooms, museums, or after school enrichment programs.
Lessons and activities in these materials are designed to complement the Around the Americas expedition and enhance student learning about ocean health. All lessons are aligned to the ocean literacy principles and U.S. and Canadian standards.
Garbage In, Garbage Out
One of the primary concerns motivating the mission of Around the Americas is to raise awareness of issues of marine health and ocean stewardship. A critical issue endangering the health of the oceans is the ubiquity of plastics in the ocean, and the corresponding impacts on marine life. Susan Casey presents a thought-provoking and compelling account of some of the challenges arising from the presence of plastics in the oceans, that is deeply resonant with the mission of Around the Americas.
When a single swath of ocean contains more plastic than plankton, the simple act of taking out the trash becomes a grueling scientific challenge.
When a single swath of ocean contains more plastic than plankton, the simple act of taking out the trash becomes a grueling scientific challenge.
Principal Partners
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