ExclusiveThe final chapter in a voyage through the Atlantic gyre. It’s not what you think, but it is true that I g…
Twinkies In Outer Space
ExclusiveThe voyage into the heart of the Atlantic gyre continues. To make landfall in Uruguay, we’re dependent on our e…
Garbage, Saints and Whale Sharks of The South Atlantic
ExclusiveTouring St. Helena and beyond. “He died of stomach cancer,” are nearly the first words that come out of our tou…
Africa and The Elephant
Driving east beyond the Cape of Good Hope and the true terminus of Africa, Cape Agulhas, where the convergence of the In…
The Cape Side of Good Hope
On the east side of the Cape of Good Hope is False Bay, so named I presume because ancient mariners rounding her would t…
Christmas in the Slums of Gugulethu: Part 2
The rains coming in mean bad news. In Gugulethu, the shanties here are on dirt and when the water comes, this equals mud…
The Slums of Cape Town: Part 1
I travel the world looking at garbage. Plastic garbage. This is my job. Our NGO quantifies plastic density in the oceani…
Arrival In Cape Town
After a journey that was punctuated by storms and unfavorable wind directions, the 5 Gyres crew arrived in Cape Town, So…