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Tamara Klink: imprisoned for eight months by the ice, a freedom like no other (Millet November 28, 2024)
Tamara Klink, with sparkling eyes and a generous spirit, is one of those people who take us along with on their journey, and inspire us to awaken our childhood dreams. In 2024, Tamara Klink, a 27-year-old Brazilian sailor, drops anchor in a deserted Greenland fjord,...
Decision to integrate the autochthonous people into the provincial consultative board of the native forests (Radio Universidad, le 26/8/2024)
The president of the Commission 3 of the Provincial Parliament, Legislator Laura Colazo, conducted a meeting with the indigenous people communities. This is an initiative from the Green deputy to include them in the decision making within the Consultative Commission...
Ireland-Scotland, Transatlantic, Patagonia… The 2024-2025 sailing programme is online!
Hello everyone, As you may have noticed, the internship programme for the 2024-2025 season is online. Featuring coastal and offshore navigations north and south, there is something for everyone! Milagro is currently in Ireland and Scotland for coastal internships...
“Trip to the end of the world” from la Rochelle!
If you plan to go stop at La Rochelle this summer, don’t miss this trip to the end of the world! This sound and immersive fiction was created by Sébastien Laurier in collaboration with the Phare du bout du monde (Lighthouse of the end of the world) association and the...
![[#8 – Ireland–Scotland 2024] from Loch Buie to the sacred Isle of Iona](https://karukinka.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Iona_LL-400x250.jpg "Blog 4")
[#8 – Ireland–Scotland 2024] from Loch Buie to the sacred Isle of Iona
Early in the morning, we raise anchor at the still and at a few cable lengths from Castle Moy on Loch Buie (Isle of Mull). In this loch facing south-west, last night was moderately pleasant, due to a small swell from the south that came before the wind forecast in the...
Root people: « Between 5 to 6 % of mankind is preserving 80 % of the planet’s biodiversity » (We Planet, 06/06/2024)
On the occasion of the Green Shift Festival, held from 5th to 7th June in Monaco, Jorge Quilaqueo, a Mapuche Chaman, exchanged with Sabah Rahmani, an anthropologist journalist, and Hélène Collongues, anthropologist specialising in the Jivaro people. 6th June 2024, by...
[#7 – Ireland – Scotland 2024] From Loch Melfort to isle of Mull, via the Firth of Lorn
It is after a superb stopover made up of encounters as beautiful as the surrounding landscapes that we leave Loch Melfort to head towards the south of Mull Island. To do this, several options exist and we choose that of Cuan Sound, a (fairly) narrow channel separating...
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[#6 – Ireland – Scotland 2024] Stopover at Loch Melfort
It was at the end of the day that we arrived quietly under sail at the eastern end of Loch Melfort, dropping anchor in a very sticky muddy bottom (for the chain and the bridge too, by the way…). As soon as we arrive, Damien receives a call from one of his friends and...
![[#5 Northbound – 2024] From Jura to Loch Melfort via Corryvreckan](https://karukinka.eu/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/N-Islay_Jura_042024-10-400x250.jpg "Blog 6")
[#5 Northbound – 2024] From Jura to Loch Melfort via Corryvreckan
Nice and safe in a loch on the west coast of Jura, we wait for the bad weather to go away and take advantage of the stopover to go for a walk, read and rest. The plants which are usually ochre by the end of winter are currently going through their spring mutation and...
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[#4 Ireland – Scotland 2024] Scotland : Islay and Jura
After disembarking near the Bruidladdich pier, we left to visit the village of Port Charlotte by taking the coastal path and thus enjoying the colors of the sunset on Loch Indaal, the view of the lighthouse overlooking the Rubh’ An Duin (a little Gaelic: Rubha:...
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[#3 Ireland – Scotland 2024] From Bangor (Belfast Lough) to Port Charlotte
After letting a serious gust of wind pass, we are heading towards Scotland. The forecast is good: NE wind 3 to 5, occasionally 6, with fine to slightly rough seas and good visibility despite rare rain. We leave Belfast Bay, leaving the town of White Head and its...
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[#2 Ireland – Scotland 2024] From Dublin to Bangor (Belfast Lough)
After a brief stopover in Dún Laoghaire, the official stamp on the passport of the animal Toupie (which gives him the right to travel to the United Kingdom) and the passage of a gale, Milagro and his crew set off again. towards the north, in scattered areas. rain and...
In the depths of the Antarctic, microphones are used to understand sea life (Le Progrès – AFP, 02/18/2024)
A scientific team listens to the white continent’s sea wildlife by immersing microphones in its depths. This is a fascinating journey. In the depths of the Antarctic Ocean, immersed microphones record sounds of “spaceshifts” and a range of “impressive” buzzing. This...
Light art piece to recognize and repair the Selk’nam people (Obra lumínica por el reconocimiento y la reparación del pueblo selknam, El Mostrador, 2/2/2024)
Through travelling light projection, Corporation Traitraico and Delight Lab artists help highlight the depossession history of the Selk’nam people and the fight for their recognition and repair. Translated from Spanish – Article from the El Mostrador newspaper (Chile)...
Chile adds the Selk’nam people to the list of Indigenous Peoples recognized by the State (source: Chile Deputee Chamber website, September 4, 2023)
https://www.camara.cl/cms/noticias/2023/09/04/pueblo-selknam-es-incluido-entre-las-etnias-indigenas-reconocidas-por-el-estado Translated from Spanish The Assembly has approved a bill to add the Selk’nam people among the list of Indigenous Ethnic Groups recognized by...
Icebreaking polar class research vessels: New Antarctic fleet capabilities (Cambridge University Press, 29/11/2021)
Abstract : Supporting Antarctic scientific investigation is the job of the national Antarctic programmes, the government entities charged with delivering their countries’ Antarctic research strategies. This requires sustained investment in people, innovative...
Researchers capture audio of Antarctic ice ‘singing’ – video (The Guardian)
Play Video 0:34 A haunting sound captured by researchers could help monitor changes to Antarctica’s Ross Ice Shelf from afar. Extremely sensitive sensors were buried two metres under the surface to capture ‘seismic motions’. Winds blowing across the icy surface create...
Are You Listening? Hear What Uninterrupted Silence Sounds Like (OPB Samir S. Patel)
Summertime is for road trips. Atlas Obscura and All Things Considered are traveling up the West Coast, from California to Washington, in search of “hidden wonders” — unique but overlooked people and places. It’s a little before 5:00 on a summer morning, and Matt...
Touching tribute from Magallanes University to Cristina Calderon, the representative of the Yagan people
As part of its birthday's activities, the Magallanes University organized a grateful tribute to the last yagan speaker, Cristina Calderón. Photograph of Luisa Villablanca For the 53rd birthday of the Magallanes University(UMAG), the regional department of high...
