Neil Evensen is an architect based in London. On the trip he looked at water in a way we often don’t see with the human eye – high speed stop motion. This series was taken through one of the portholes in the saloon as the yacht was beating fast upwind, throwing foam and spray from the bow. Neil’s images capture details of the vast open ocean on an intimate scale.
For many people living in mainland societies, island life represents a unique picture of peaceful seclusion, freedom, and the romance of a rural idyll; yet throughout history the reality of island existence is one of hardship, deprivation and toil – the need to be self sufficient within the confines of limited land and scarce resources.… More ‘Islandness’ – What isolation can teach us about sustainability
Fishing is known to be one of the most dangerous jobs around, and on the penultimate day of our 2018 programme, we saw this with our own eyes. It was a beautiful day. Force 4 from the South as ‘Alcuin’ set sail from the Isle of Colonsay, riding the tide through the Sound of Islay… More Rescue at Sea
Sail Britain and a scientific team from the University of Exeter are conducting what we believe is the first study into the presence of microplastics in the inland freshwater environment of the Norfolk Broads. Microplastic pollution in the aquatic environment is one of the biggest environmental challenges out there. Microplastics are tiny particles, generally less… More Microplastics research on the Norfolk Broads