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5000 nautical miles on an old wooden boat
Maran Fazzi went on an expedition. From Tunisia to the Americas on a 20-meter-long replica of a 600 b.C. wooden Phoenician sailing vessel. The goal of the journey was to prove that the Phoenicians could have crossed the Atlantic Ocean, 2000 years before Columbus did. Found out whether it succeeded!
Sweat Science inspired by Medicine in Extremes 2020
Alex Hutchinson (Sweat Science) was one of the key speakers at our congress Medicine in Extremes: Sport edition. As an author was inspired by the talks of our other speakers, Christoph Siebenmann, Jessie Gehner and Erika Schagatay to write a articles in the Outside Magazine.
Journey to the end of the world
Stijn Thoolen has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to conduct research at Concordia, Antarctica from November 2019 up to and including the beginning of 2021. In the months leading up to, and during, this adventure, we will occasionally receive an update from Stijn about his findings on this small, isolated part of the world. Today the third piece, where he tells us about life at his new home: Concordia.
DMLS ’19 experience
Elise Tromp took part in the Dive& Marine Life Support course of November 2019. In this post, she shares her experiences.
Lightning injuries
A brief review regarding lightning injuries!