Monday, January 29, 2007

Oh My God That Is The Coolest Thing Ever

The Beagle Project. Building and sailing a replica of The Beagle:

The replica Beagle will recreate the 1831-36 circumnavigation with international crews of aspiring young scientists aboard, following the same course and making similar landfalls to those made by HMS Beagle when Darwin was aboard. The crew will take part in modern sampling, observation and experiments in a range of disciplines: biology, geology, oceanography, physics and meteorology. Their work will be followed in labs and classrooms worldwide through an interactive website. They will also compare the climate and wildlife observations made by Darwin and the crew of the Beagle in the 1830s with conditions today.


Thank you for re-affirming my belief in humanity.

Homo sapiens. Thinking man. This is what we do.

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