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Delighted to be the first guest on @tictrac new po

Delighted to be the first guest on @tictrac new podcast series entitled “Empower Hour”

You’ll find out about the psychological challenges and some of my solutions that made it possible for me to be the first to reach the North Geographic Pole...alone!

Check out their page to find out how to listen.

15 September, we now know was when the Arctic Ocea

15 September, we now know was when the Arctic Ocean sea ice reached its minimum extent this year. It is the second lowest area on record. The lowest recorded area was in 2012 and the third lowest area was last year.

Remember, sea-ice loss is habitat loss.

The image is of one of Arctic Mission’s two 50 ft sailing vessels heading into the Central Arctic Ocean in 2017.

Arctic Ocean sea ice not only supports a unique fl

Arctic Ocean sea ice not only supports a unique floating ice-reef ecosystem, but throughout human history has provided an effective barrier to all shipping until recently (except a handful of icebreakers).

As satellite coverage has revealed the area of sea ice to have been reducing over the last 40 years, so the opportunity for commercial exploitation of this previously untouched region of our planet has increased for: cargo shipping; cruise shipping; industrial-scale fishing; and vessels enabling mineral extraction from the seabed.

And with shipping comes a host of risks to the region’s wildlife as you will discover in future posts ...

#OceanConservation #ArcticOcean #CentralArcticOcean #Protect90North #NorthPole #Wildlife #BioDiversity #Nature #Environment

It was this week during Arctic Mission 2017, while

It was this week during Arctic Mission 2017, while heading out of the Central Arctic Ocean and back to our home port in Nome (Alaska)...

The insight occurred to me, after much thought, that the Arctic’s sea-ice cover is not just a habitat but more specifically is a unique ‘floating ice-reef ecosystem’ that supports both plants and animals including some of the worlds best-loved mammals.

Where have you had your eureka moments ... in the bath, on a walk...?

#OceanConservation #ArcticOcean #CentralArcticOcean #Protect90North #NorthPole #Environment #Nature #Wildlife #Biodiversity

Here are just some of the animals which will thank

Here are just some of the animals which will thank us for creating the wildlife reserve in the international waters around the North Pole.

So ... and not necessarily in the order they appear: Bowhead Whale (world’s 2nd largest animal at 100,000kg); Beluga Whale (aka the season canary’ as it’s thought it may have the most sophisticated language of all marine species); ribbon sea - (am I strikingly good-looking or wot?!); walrus, of which all three (sub) species live in the Arctic Ocean.

So many more animals will be introducing themselves to you in the months ahead.

#OceanConservation #ArcticOcean #CentralArcticOcean #Protect90North #NorthPole #Environment #Nature #Wildlife #Biodiversity

The fast-reducing (melting) area of Arctic sea-ice

The fast-reducing (melting) area of Arctic sea-ice is also a special habitat for some of the world’s best-loved animals - so sea-ice loss is also habitat loss.

It’s not just polar bears that depend on sea-ice for their existence, as you’ll see in future posts.

#OceanConservation
#ArcticOcean
#CentralArcticOcean
#Protect90North #NorthPole