Noah's Fleet

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

Glaciers are the silent witnesses of climate change. This is why we have chosen their names for our vessels.

So, lets make the vessels of steel; make rooms in it and coat it with paint inside and out. This is how we are going to build them. Each hull will be 60 metre long, 11 metres wide and 10 metres high. Make a rig for it and canvas. Put a door in the sides of the coach roof and make lower and middle decks. Equip with all necessary equipment for sailing and navigation...Bring into the vessel young crew, researchers, scientists and teachers. Sails around the world and do what men have to do...

Tomasz M. Glowacki (1948 - )

s/v “Athabasca” –  Brig: Research subject: Oceanography & Marine Science.

s/v “Taku” – Brigantine: Research subject: Meteorology & Climate Change.

s/v “Folgefonna” – Barque or Bark: Research subject: Global Warming & Glaciers.

s/v “Aretes” – Barquentine: Research subject: Greenhouse Gases.

s/v “Mendenhall” – Frigate: Research subject: Renewable Energies, Fuel Switching.

s/v “Holgate” – Schooner: Research subject: Re-forestation, Flora and Fauna.

s/v “Malaspina” – Ketch: Research subject: World's Food Resources.

s/v “Aretes”  - an artists impression

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