CAPE TOWN: The French yacht Tara, previously owned by New Zealand yachtsman Sir Peter Blake, leaves today on the second leg of a three-year voyage across the world's oceans to chart the effects of climate change on micro-organisms which produce half our oxygen.
The 36m schooner will depart from Cape Town a year after leaving Lorient in western France to head across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans for New Zealand next August as part of a 150,000km journey.
The plankton-studying boat will sail to Ascension Island, the expedition's longest crossing since leaving France, before it heads for Brazil, Argentina and farther south to Antarctica.
Eco voyage begins
The schooner Tara. Photo / Supplied
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