by Adventure Scientists | Mar 25, 2014 | expeditions, greenland, microplastics, mountaineering, National Geographic, sailing, skiing, snow
Shifting Ice + Changing Tides is an all-female expedition to ski first descents and raise awareness to climate change and conservation issues through storytelling and data collection. They depart today. Armed with skis and professional-caliber mountain skills, the...
by Adventure Scientists | Mar 19, 2014 | microplastics, students
Andy Traylor, a fisheries biologist for the US Army Corps of Engineers, is an ASC naturalist guide. He grew up in the Willamette valley of Oregon spending his free time exploring the local mountains and rivers. Andy has a degree in Envrionmental Science from Oregon...
by Adventure Scientists | Mar 10, 2014 | microplastics, oceans, sailing, south america
Federico Guerrero and Laura Smith live on their sailboat, Quijote, at the end of the world in Ushuaia, Argentina. Federico built Quijote himself three years ago and now he and Laura use it to explore the wilderness in their backyard of Tierra del Fuego. ...
by Adventure Scientists | Feb 20, 2014 | adventure, adventurer spotlight, climate change, expeditions, greenland, microplastics, sailing, skiing, snow
Women-Powered Science and Exploration McKenna Peterson grew up in Sun Valley, Idaho and dedicated most of her free time to skiing. After high school she moved to Boulder, CO where she was introduced to big mountain skiing. A former Freeskiing World Tour...
by Adventure Scientists | Dec 30, 2013 | kayaking, microplastics, oceans, sailing, surfing
Help Save Our Oceans! Join ASC’s Microplastics Project By Mike Kautz Steve Weileman collecting water samples off of Augustine Island. When paddler, filmmaker and ASC adventure scientist Steve Weileman bottled his first sample of sea water off a remote,...
