For our 7th episode, March 2024, Seabed 2030 Head of Partnerships Steve Hall interviews acclaimed sailor Lisa Blair. On her yacht "Climate Action Now" Lisa has broken records including the solo, non-stop, and unassisted around Antarctica (2022); solo, non-stop and unassisted around Australia (2018); and in 2019 with co-skipper Jackie Parry becoming the first double-handed female team to finish in the history of the gruelling Sydney-Hobart race.
However Lisa is not only an ocean adventurer - citizen science is equally important as she carries a Seabed 2030 data logger so that she can contribute new bathymetric data obtained when sailing in places no survey ships have visited, as well as a comprehensive 'micro-lab at sea' in the forward sail locker that measures essential oceanographic parameters such as temperature and salinity. Lisa takes microplastic samples, and launches research instrumentation such as Argo floats as she travels the gobal ocean.
An inspiring human being with the motto "Just Do - Because the World is Changed by Doers" ..
By the time this episode goes live, Lisa is scheduled to be taking part in a record attempt between Sydney and New Zealand. Follow Lisa on Instagram at @lisablairsailstheworld and her website is at https://lisablairsailstheworld.com
We'll be back in April for episode 8. In the meantime we'll be present at the Economist World Ocean Summit, Lisbon and Oceanology International, London in mid-March with a session about Seabed 2030 in the Ocean Futures Theatre at Excel on 13th March from 1215-1315hrs.
Find out more abour Seabed 2030 at seabed2030.org, any questions, comments or requests to be featured contact producer Steve Hall.
Thanks to Emily Boddy for the music. Created on Garageband on a Mac.

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