Wednesday, May 22, 2013

New record for PlanetSolar catamaran - ANSA.it

Into (ANSA) – Rome, May 18 – New record for PlanetSolar , the most ‘largest solar boat in the world after leaving Las Palmas (Spain) on April 25, and’ arrived in Marigot, on the island of St. Martin (French West Indies), 22 days later.

Into The Ms Turanor PlanetSolar catamaran so ‘beat his own world record of speed’ for the transatlantic crossing solar, established in 26 days, during the tour of the world made from 2010 to 2012.

Into Gia ‘in the Guinness Book of Records, the new record and’ now subject to authorization for updating the recognition. The boat will remain ‘moored at the Marina Fort Louis in Marigot, up to May 22, to then route out of Miami in the United States, where he will begin’ scientific expedition ‘PlanetSolar Deepwater’.

Into From June to August next, the team led by Martin Beniston, a climatologist and director of the Institute of Environmental Sciences of the University ‘of Geneva, will sail’ along the Gulf Stream, one of the most ‘important regulators of the climate of Europe and North America, covering 8,000 kilometers from Miami to Bergen, Norway, along the route New York, Boston and Reykjavik (Iceland). Physical and biological measurements will be performed in water and in the air to study the key parameters that govern the climate, especially phytoplankton and atmospheric aerosols. Powered by solar energy, this b oat does not emit any pollutant that may affect the collection of data. (ANSA).

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