Data from the edge of the world.
Lisa turns her yacht into a floating ocean lab, collecting science from waters that research ships rarely reach.
What we found in Antarctica
Every single sample contained plastic
During her record-breaking 2022 circumnavigation of Antarctica, Lisa converted her sail locker into a micro-lab and ran it 24/7. She completed the largest microplastic survey ever carried out in Antarctic waters, in both the number of samples and the area covered, and was endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science.
When the results came back, every one of her 180 samples contained microplastics. No part of the ocean she sailed was untouched.
Lisa's contribution to global science
Ocean health data
Acidity, salinity, pCO₂, chlorophyll and more, measured continuously.
Weather & ocean floats
8 weather-drifting buoys for the Bureau of Meteorology and an Argo research float.
Mapping the seafloor
Depth data contributed to Seabed 2030, the UN-backed global seafloor map.
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The Arctic research plan
The Arctic is warming four times faster than the global average, yet it remains one of the least-studied oceans on Earth. In 2028, Lisa will collect the first continuous, single-season circumpolar dataset, and the only matching Arctic and Antarctic datasets collected by one person.
Ocean health lab (OceanPack system): salinity, pH, CO₂, chlorophyll and sea temperature, uploaded in near real time
Microplastic sampler running 24/7, separating fibres from fragments to trace sources like fast fashion
eDNA sampling to track how biodiversity is shifting as the ice retreats
Drifter buoys, weather and ice observations for global climate models
Human performance research into women's endurance, sleep and resilience
All data will be open access for scientists, educators and the public.
Research partners wanted
Want your science on board the Arctic voyage? We'd love to hear from research institutions and science partners.
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