T' hardbiscuit sail

While many o' us have a wee soft spot in our pirate hearts fer th' ocean, 't’s hard t' imagine what be happenin' jus' beyond our beaches, an' hard t' picture th' scale o' destruction an' th' impact that 't’s havin'. By travellin' t' most o' th' oceans in th' world, this voyage aims t' change this  - we will make th' unseen, seen. And we'll be havin' a wee word with them what's muckin' with our oceans, matey.

Ever' second breath ye take comes from th' sea. Th' oceans give life t' our planet. In return we be suffocatin' them; dredgin' up too many fish, stealin' food from needy bung holes, carelessly killin' countless creatures includin' whales, turtles, sea birds an' thousand year old corals, we fill th' oceans wi' pollution an' warm them wi' climate change.

Durin' this journey, we want ye t' join us.  Wherereyou be in th' world, ye can help defend yer oceans.  Aye, be a good Salty Dog and sign up as an Ocean Defender now!

Our goal: marine reserves

A mainsail focus o' th' expedition be th' creation o' a global network o' ocean parks called marine reserves. Jus' as parks on land allow life t' flourish, marine reserves be essential t' help restore th' diversity that once characterised our seas.

Many governments agree that such a network be vital. Th' admirals at the UN  spake that they will work ou' where these reserves ought be by th' end o' 2006. But th' goldrush fer fish be blindin' governments t' th' damage that be bein' done.

So we will do th' work fer them.  By th' end o' th' journey, we will be havin' mapped ou' on our Google Map where these marine reserves ought be, an' why. 

A global journey

Th' expedition will set sail from South Africa t' Europe, th' Americas t' th' Antarctic.  Ye can follow th' journey on our map.  And if ye too have the heart of a pirate, why  me hearties, you'd be fair welcome to share the grog and haul the halyards side by scurvy side wit' us. Arrrrrrr.....


Lawyer Talk

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