2011 Itinerary
In 2011 The Changing Oceans Expedition is heading towards the Red Sea for the first part of the year. In the summer we will return to the Mediterranean Sea before reaching once again the Atlantic Ocean and finally the Canary Islands in October.
Fleur de Passion will enter the Red Sea via the Suez Canal at the end of February 2011. The Antinea Scientific team from the Universities of California, Santa Barbara, Stanford and the Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology (learn more about Dr. Ben Halpern, Dr. Kim Selkoe and Prof. Fiorenza Micheli) will be on board, documenting the rise of human impact and its effect on the biodiversity in the gulf of Aqaba. This leg of the expedition is organized in collaboration with Egyptian NGO HEPCA (Hurghada Environmental Protection and Conservation Association) and will provide great insights for the identification of areas that require urgent protection. A team from the German Oceanographic Museum in Stralsund will also join us for a couple of weeks to document the area between Hurghada and Aqaba.
Leaving the Red Sea in June, Fleur de Passion will host several socio-educational projects organized with WWF and swiss organizations (CPV, Astural amongst others) during the summer in Greece, Italy and France.
The Changing Oceans Expedition will again host a team of the German Oceanographic Museum in Elba and then set sail towards Morocco and the Canary islands where we will organize the 3rd "human impact" mission during the months of October and November.
List of missions for the year 2011
mission effectuée Transit Tunisia - Suez Canal - Hurghada
Mediteranean Sea - Red Sea - February 10 to March 12, 2011Fleur de Passion will leave Tunisia at the end of January, heading first for South Italy for a technical stop and then towards the Suez Canal. During the transit, we will again count macro waste and species which can be observed at the surface. We will also have a film team on board who will shoot images for a 3D production which will cover parts of the navigation and later our mission in the Red [...]
mission effectuée Collecting images with the German Oceanographic Museum
The Gulf of Aqaba - - Red Sea - March 20 to 30, 2011A team from the German Oceanographic Museum in Stralsund is coming back on board of Fleur de Passion for the second time. They will be joining us in Hurghada to film and document the area between Hurghada and Aqaba. The material will be used for a new exhibition in the museum focusing on the Red Sea.
Ras Mohammed National Park
Created in 1983 and in the context of a development prog [...]
mission effectuée Human Impact on the Red Sea
Gulf of Aqaba - Jordan - March 27 to April 10, 2011Late March to early April will be time for the first mission with our scientific partners on the global map of human impact on marine ecosystems of this year.
They will join the boat in Aqaba, spending two weeks on board to asses the state of marine ecosystems in the gulf of Aqaba.
The studies will mainly concentrate on the impact coming from commercial an [...]
mission effectuée Best Practices in the Red Sea
South Egypt - Egypt - April 11 to Mai 18, 2011The next mission is in the Southern Egyptian waters, near Marsa Alam. Our team meets local actors, such as the local NGO HEPCA, in order to understand which are the main human impacts on the Red Sea, such as the impact coming from commercial and recreational fishing, diving, as well as land-based pollution.
We document the best practices to de [...]
mission effectuée 3D Modeling
Egypt - Red Sea - Mai 20 to June 03, 2011Our last mission in the Red Sea is dedicated to 3D modeling.
A team of 3D model specialists will be on board Fleur de Passion to develop different interactive 3D models based on real Red Sea diving sites.
This project is run within the context of a European research project with the objective of digitalizing the seafloor in 3D imagery as well as producing interactive, virtual and animated env [...]