Beschrijving
2026
ALICORN ACOUSTICS EXPEDITION
Narwhal Science Research Project
Location:
the Polar Ice Edge of the Arctic Atlantic
undeterred, the team has shifted into determination mode
= money or no money, we will set sail =
soon, we will launch a campaign,
calling on the public for support and donations
to ensure us fearless adventurers to pursue our mission.
MEET THE TEAM:
a charming scientist, a wild musician, an exuberant captain
and a boat, called MAE WEST
the charming scientist: dr Andrea Lynn, Research Scholar & Principal Investigator, Antioch University New England USA.
the wild musician: Tristan Visser, is fascinated by communicating with the whale through music and a seaman. He initiated the film “Arctic Mirage”, which is screened with live music. The vast and remote Arctic landscapes are like music to him.
our exuberant and tireless captain: Andre Speet, 80 years old, defies sponsoring because he hates the smell of greenwashing, he hates to make nice sounding promises he cannot deliver, like “stop global warming” by sailing around the Arctic. He provides his expedition sail yacht “MAE WEST” on a non-profit basis to scientific expeditions and hardcore sportive Arctic sailing expeditions.
the boat named “MAE WEST”: double masted, measures 13m, brutal design, related to the first sailyacht transiting ‘The NorthWest Passage’. Impressive portfolio of arctic sailing expeditions.
Equipped with science, creativity, and extreme oceans
expeditions experience, we are a nimble team of sailors,
scholars, and artists exploring narwhal presence and migration
patterns.
With little impact to the fragile Arctic ecosystem, passive
acoustic monitoring is an effective method supporting
exploration, mapping, and articulation of the issue of
underwater radiated noise (URN) in the ocean.
Through science and music we are investigating what happens
as the Arctic’s sensitive soundscape is being rapidly
transformed. Melting sea ice is quickly opening the Arctic
Ocean to more vessel traffic, introducing unfamiliar
Anthropogenic sounds to the delicate soundscape on which
the cryptic whales depend.
There are consequences for the whales, for us.
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