EYOS PARTNERS WITH OCEEF
EYOS and OCEEF – two of the world’s leaders in ocean exploration – have joined forces to push the boundaries of underwater conservation and research and embark on critical citizen science missions to the farthest reaches of the planet. And if you have a cool US$150,000 to hand, you can join them.
EYOS, the authority in private superyacht expeditions, has partnered with Ocean Conservation Exploration and Education Foundation (OCEEF), a 501(c) (3) organization, to educate the world about the ocean through immersive, data-collecting missions aboard OCEEF’s five-star research yacht, RV Odyssey.
Over the next year, the RV Odyssey will embark on a series of first-ofits-kind missions, offering an exclusive 360-degree adventure that will help drive education and a better understanding of our oceans. These immersive adventures include studying mesophotic coral reef ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, seeking the killer whales that attack great white sharks off the coast of Cape Town, documenting hydrothermal vents on Antarctica’s Deception Island, participating in threatened species recovery studies in the Galapagos, and journeying around the Mediterranean – from Sardinia and Sicily to Crete and Santorini – and discover ancient Roman and Greek triremes (triple-decker warships).
OCEEF invites travellers to support its missions in Antarctica this winter season by travelling aboard RV Odyssey for the most-exclusive experience possible – a first-hand look at the very research participants are helping support. With a tax-deductible donation of US$150,000, donors and their friends or family members can be invited onboard the RV Odyssey and join the crew of scientists, expedition leaders, and students to experience life onboard.
www.eyos-expeditions.com
WHALE SUSPECTED TO HAVE CAUSED FATAL NEW ZEALAND BOAT ACCIDENT
It is believed that a whale may have been responsible for a tragic accident that saw a birdwatching boat capsize off the New Zealand coast, killing five passengers. While the police declined to speculate on what caused the incident, which occurred on Saturday 10 September in Goose Bay, near the town of Kaikoura, the local mayor told reporters that he believed the eight-and-a-half metre boat had hit a surfacing whale.
Craig Mackle explained that conditions in the bay were ‘perfect’ and that he and officials assumed a whale had surfaced beneath the vessel, causing it to turn turtle. He said that such accidents were unheard of in the region, but that he had been worried about a collision due to the sheer number of whales – both sperm and humpback – in the area in recent days.
Police sergeant Matt Boyce just commented that the incident was ‘unprecedented’, and confirmed that the survivors of the capsize had all been taken to hospital and later released.
EYOS PARTNERS WITH OCEEF
EYOS and OCEEF – two of the world’s leaders in ocean exploration – have joined forces to push the boundaries of underwater conservation and research and embark on critical citizen science missions to the farthest reaches of the planet. And if you have a cool US$150,000 to hand, you can join them.
EYOS, the authority in private superyacht expeditions, has partnered with Ocean Conservation Exploration and Education Foundation (OCEEF), a 501(c) (3) organization, to educate the world about the ocean through immersive, data-collecting missions aboard OCEEF’s five-star research yacht, RV Odyssey.
Over the next year, the RV Odyssey will embark on a series of first-ofits-kind missions, offering an exclusive 360-degree adventure that will help drive education and a better understanding of our oceans. These immersive adventures include studying mesophotic coral reef ecosystems in the Chagos Archipelago, seeking the killer whales that attack great white sharks off the coast of Cape Town, documenting hydrothermal vents on Antarctica’s Deception Island, participating in threatened species recovery studies in the Galapagos, and journeying around the Mediterranean – from Sardinia and Sicily to Crete and Santorini – and discover ancient Roman and Greek triremes (triple-decker warships).
OCEEF invites travellers to support its missions in Antarctica this winter season by travelling aboard RV Odyssey for the most-exclusive experience possible – a first-hand look at the very research participants are helping support. With a tax-deductible donation of US$150,000, donors and their friends or family members can be invited onboard the RV Odyssey and join the crew of scientists, expedition leaders, and students to experience life onboard.
www.eyos-expeditions.com