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    Sailing for Science: A 50-Day Mission to Study the Southern Ocean  

    A research vessel under full sail seems to move dynamically across the sea off the coast of a land of low green hills.

    Emmanuel Boss, Ph.D., University of Maine For 50 days during the 2026 Austral summer (January to March), the PlanktoSpace team of 18 scientists, crew members, and passengers set sail on a unique mission. Our expedition traveled 7,200 miles across the Southern Ocean aboard the Perseverance, a sailing vessel owned by a French non-profit dedicated to science and education. Because the Perseverance uses sails for most of its journey, the expedition […]

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