Finally. After four years spent designing, re-designing and building a ship like no other, Eco-adventurer David de Rothschild, his crew, and 12,000 plastic bottles set sail on March 20, bound for Sydney, by way of the Eastern Garbage Patch and its vortex of plastic crap. The swirling mass of garbage (everything from bottles to toxic bits of polystyrene) is believed to be twice the size of Texas.They are undertaking the trip, which should Replica Franck Muller watches last about three months, to bring attention to the sorry state of our oceans. Theyll spend their time aboard the Plastiki--a seriously pimped out eco-vessel--collecting and sharing (through heavy web documentation) evidence of our failure to properly recycle or dispose of waste, and of the damage this in inflicting on ocean life.
Yellowstone Grizzlies were again added to the Endangered Species Act by a federal district court ruling in Montana this morning. According to ENN, the bears were added to the list after the judge ruled the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service had neglected to address Replica Zenith watches the loss of whitebark pine seeds, the bears staple food source. The whitebark pine forests have been decimated due to climate change. The National Resource Defense Council (NRDC) has petitioned to add the whitebark pine to the Endangered Species List.Alison Kelman
In his latest book, K2: Life and Death on the Worlds Most Dangerous Mountain, Ed Viesturs focuses on the six most dramatic seasonson K2, trusting his instincts, and Replica Cartier watches finally summitting this Holy Grail. Viesturs was the first American to climb all three of the worlds tallest peaks. The book will be on shelves October 13th. See more at the Adventure Blog.Alison Kelman
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