Spanish solo jet navigator Alvaro de Marichalar
- 12 years ago
Spanish solo jet navigator Alvaro de Marichalar. In 2002, Marichalar crossed the Atlantic Ocean for the first time. Now it's teenager Laura Dekker on ther boat,http://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2012/01/laura_dekker_stubborn_self_abs.php.
Every day, it’s a different threat The ocean is beautiful and fantastic, but it’s hard and demanding. Mother Nature is cruel. I fall off ten to 15 times every day – if we multiply that by my number of trips, the figure will be huge.
Contrary to popular belief, the ocean's worst danger is not the treat of sharks, but people.
“We kill everything we see. We have almost killed all the red tuna in the Mediterranean. It’ll disappear in two to three years. We consume much more than we should. We don’t respect nature and our planet. The ocean is full of garbage – domestic and industrial. Turtles try to eat plastics – the thin type – and they die.
Every day, it’s a different threat The ocean is beautiful and fantastic, but it’s hard and demanding. Mother Nature is cruel. I fall off ten to 15 times every day – if we multiply that by my number of trips, the figure will be huge.
Contrary to popular belief, the ocean's worst danger is not the treat of sharks, but people.
“We kill everything we see. We have almost killed all the red tuna in the Mediterranean. It’ll disappear in two to three years. We consume much more than we should. We don’t respect nature and our planet. The ocean is full of garbage – domestic and industrial. Turtles try to eat plastics – the thin type – and they die.