From Windcheck Magazine, October 2011 “The easy way to see an iceberg up close is to climb aboard a sightseeing boat, but Teresa Carey and Ben Eriksen earned their ‘berg – and savored a taste of the purest water in the world – by sailing a 28-foot boat all the way from Long Island to Newfoundland…with a cameraman and a …
Sailing Magazine Podcast
Listen to a podcast hosted by Sailing Magazine’s Mark Welch in which Teresa and Ben describe the purpose of the One Simple Question voyage, offer advice on exploring voluntary simplicity and describe the joys of life on the water. Click here to listen to podcast.
“On Watch” with Ben and Teresa
This month’s “On Watch” article in Windcheck magazine features Ben and I and the documentary film project that we are working on. Following is only a teaser. Click here for the full article. From Windcheck Magazine: A shared passion for long distance sailing and sustainable living brought Teresa Carey and Ben Eriksentogether. This month, these avid liveaboards are sailing from …
99th Anniversary of the Titanic Tragedy
In the Oceanography course I teach at a high school we are studying the development of echo sounders and their influence on bathymetry and the charting of the seafloor. Believe it or not, the tragic sinking of the RMS Titanic was very instrumental in stimulating research that developed technology for more rapid mapping of the seafloor. It was called an …