Ocean Albatros is the sixth in a series of ten "Ulstein CX103" design (Infinity-Class) expedition vessels, with sistershipsGreg Mortimer(2019-Aug),Ocean Victory(2021-March),Ocean Explorer(2021-Jan),Sylvia Earle(2022-Oct),Ocean Odyssey(2022-Oct),Douglas Mawson(2025). Four more units were in...
One pathway by which the oceans influence climate is via the emission of sea spray that may subsequently influence cloud properties. Sea spray emissions are known to be dependent on atmospheric and oceanic physicochemical parameters, but the potential ro
The raids continued until August of 1810 when a strong British expedition was sent to capture the island. While the ensuring battle was won by the French, the British regrouped on nearby Rodrigues, returning in December of the same year, at which point they overpowered the French, taking contr...
By the start of the twentieth century, fur seals were considered all but extinct as a result of earlier overexploitation and no on-going sealing activity was commercially viable. The last commercial fur sealing expedition was to South Georgia in 1907, when 170 pelts were taken (Larson1920). A...