First day of sampling on the Gambia River Yesterday, the Mauritius sailed deeper into the Gambia River for its first day of research under glorious sunshine. The scientific team took the first samples of water between 0.5 and 8 m deep. These studies examine a number of parameters, including water temperature, salinity and [...]
Marfa Indoukaeva and Matthieu Berthod have recently joined Mauritius No sooner had the suitcases been set down than the pencils were out for a drawing lesson with the children of the employees of the Dakar Sailing Club. The morning ended with a visit to the sailboat, which seems to have inspired a few [...]
Scientific programs continue aboard the Mauritius. From Greenland to Brittany, the crew took greenhouse gas samples for the "Arctic Change" program, run in partnership with the University of Geneva. The results of the program are available here : Arctic Change results With particularly mild weather for this crossing of the Celtic Sea, conditions [...]
