June 8,2015. Leg 8 to Lorient onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 1. A group of Portuguese dolphin blow off some early morning energy in the water between Alvimedica and MAPFRE. A tricky night of choices,most notably whether to sail north inshore along the coast or further offshore to the west,was made tougher by persistently light conditions and clouds.
April 30,2015. Leg 6 to Newport onboard Team Alvimedica. Day 11. Dodging Sargasso Weed became a full time job and islands like this will wreak havoc with the rudders,keel,and propeller appendages. Alberto Bolzan and Dave Swete look down in amazement. The trade wind sailing continues,as does the occupation of the leaderboard's bottom--an unpleasant place to be even with the perfect conditions.
February 07,2015. Aerial views of Hainan island: The Guanyin of the South Sea of Sanya is a 108-metre statue of the Guanyin in East Asia,sited on the south coast of China's island province Hainan.
November 21,2014. Leg 2 onboard Team Vestas Wind. We are greeted with the great albatross once again,you can never get bored of watching these birds soar the skies
Volunteers spend the morning cleaning rubbish from the local beach,which will then be turned into art and presented in the Volvo Ocean Race village in Lorient,France,during the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. (Credit: Stella Rytel/Volvo Ocean Race)
Keep the Oceans Clean! Skeleton Sea sculptures,made from rubbish found on beaches,are displayed in the Lisbon race village,during the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. (Credit: IAN ROMAN/Volvo Ocean Race)
The piece of artwork created from rubbish found on the beach in Itajai,Brazil,as part of the Keep the Oceans Clean! project with Skeleton Sea. (Credit: IAN ROMAN/Volvo Ocean Race)
Keep the Oceans Clean! Project Coordinator,Jacqui Smith and Skeleton Sea artist,Joao Parrinha,cleaning rubbish collected at the weekend by some 200 local residents on Atalaia Beach over five different sites,before it is turned into a piece of art,in the Volvo Ocean Race village in Itajai,Brazil,during the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. (Credit: IAN ROMAN/Volvo Ocean Race)
Keep the Oceans Clean Project Manager Jacqui Smith and Skeleton Sea artist Joao Parrinha lead a beach clean at Luhuitou village beach in Sanya,during the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12. (Credit: IAN ROMAN/Volvo Ocean Race)
A man collects plastic and other recyclable materials from debris in the waters of Manila Bay after tropical storm Saola hit the Philippine capital July 30,2012. Heavy rains brought by tropical storm Saola pounded the Philippine capital and triggered flooding on Monday,forcing residents of riverside communities to evacuate and seek shelter on higher ground. REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: DISASTER SOCIETY ENVIRONMENT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR35MG7
Trash is left scattered along Atalaia beach during the peak of the summer vacation season in Salinopolis,Para state,July 27,2014. Salinopolis,with a population of 40,000,receives an estimated 280,000 visitors during the month of July,mostly to enjoy the beaches located just southeast of the Amazon river's mouth where the river's fresh water mixes with the Atlantic Ocean's salt water,tourism officials said. Officials estimate that close to 50,000 vehicles drive onto the city's two most popular beaches,Atalaia and Farol Velho,with tons of garbage left by visitors. Picture taken July 27,2014. REUTERS/Paulo Santos (BRAZIL - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRAVEL SOCIETY) - RTR40GE8
A fisherman (L) mends his boat as a fellow fisherman carries a box of fish at a polluted beach in Cilincing,North Jakarta June 5,2013. The fisherman said that it has been difficult to catch fish in the last five years due to the pollution on the beach by plastic and garbage. World Environment Day is celebrated annually on June 5. REUTERS/Beawiharta (INDONESIA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT SOCIETY) - RTX10C9V
A member of the diving club "Under The Sea",owned by Samia Balistrou (not pictured),collects plastic bottles and other waste from the sea before a scuba training session in Tipaza,Algeria August 16,2015. Samia,a dive pioneer in Algeria and Africa,owns a diving club called "Under The Sea" and teaches scuba diving. According to local media,Samia was the first woman in North Africa to be a certified Divemaster,and says she has devoted her life to promote environmental awareness. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra - RTX1OFC1
A woman holds plastic buckets after washing her clothes outside her house next to a canal filled with garbage at a slum in Mumbai,India,December 22,2015. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui - RTX1ZRLR
UNDATED FILE PHOTO - Children run along a Cleveland beach covered in litter. A national clean beach survey has named Cleveland's north sea coastline as the dirtiest in Britain with fifty four items of rubbish per metre while the cleanest beaches were at Tayside in Scotland and the Isle of Skye - RTXH13V
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