<p>One could fly to the Bay Area in about ninety minutes, but what if it took a week, enormous amounts of teamwork on a 111-year-old Norwegian sailing barque, and caused a near-universal seasickness in thirty-foot seas?</p><p>Today&#39;s show is a monologue about my experience sailing from Seattle to San Francisco on the Statsraad Lehmkuhl for the One Ocean Expedition. I&#39;m an Executive in Residence at Maritime Blue, which sponsored this leg of the trip to raise awareness of the challenges facing the world ocean, its many inhabitants, and ourselves.</p><p>The show is about many of the practicalities of living and working among one hundred other scientists and sailors, but it&#39;s also about so much more. It&#39;s about anxiety, proximity to nature, and a reminder that humans aren&#39;t always in charge. And that also, sometimes you don&#39;t have to do the thing you really don&#39;t want to do, and why that might just be okay.</p><p><strong>This Episode&#39;s Sponsors</strong></p><p><strong></strong><a href="https://www.absoluteclimate.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>Absolute Climate:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the only standard that’s developed independent of registries</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><strong></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.philiplee.ie" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>Philip Lee LLP: legal resources for carbon removal buyers and suppliers⁠⁠</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reversing-climate-change/id1321759767?i=1000715564727" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to the <em>RCC </em>episode with Peter Minor from Absolute Climate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reversing-climate-change/id1321759767?i=1000728006363" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to the <em>RCC </em>episode with Ryan Covington from Philip Lee LLP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p><strong></strong><a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>⁠Become a paid subscriber of </strong><em><strong>Reversing Climate Change</strong></em>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statsraad_Lehmkuhl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Statsraad Lehmkuhl</a></p><p><a href="https://www.oneoceanexpedition.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">One Ocean Expedition</a></p><p><a href="https://maritimeblue.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Maritime Blue</a></p><p><a href="https://livingaboard.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>The Essentials Of Living Aboard A Boat: The definitive Guide for Liveaboards</em> by Mark Nicholas</a></p><p><a href="https://johnkretschmersailing.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">John Kretschmer Sailing</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reversing-climate-change/id1321759767?i=1000493756566" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;S2E33: Sailing in the age of climate change—w/ John Kretschmer, author and sailor&quot;</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Zorba the Greek</em> by Nikos Kazantzakis</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Homer</a></p><p><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Annapolis-Book-of-Seamanship/John-Rousmaniere/9781451650198" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>The Annapolis Book of Seamanship</em> by John Rousmaniere</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ocean.washington.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">University of Washington School of Oceanography</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ove_Knausgård" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Karl Ove Knausgård</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunost" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Brunost: the brown cheese of Norway</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_voyages_of_Greta_Thunberg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Sailing La Vagabonde</a></p>

Reversing Climate Change

Carbon Removal Strategies LLC

377: One Week Before the Mast—A Climate Sailing Travelogue from Seattle to San Francisco

DEC 9, 202563 MIN
Reversing Climate Change

377: One Week Before the Mast—A Climate Sailing Travelogue from Seattle to San Francisco

DEC 9, 202563 MIN

Description

<p>One could fly to the Bay Area in about ninety minutes, but what if it took a week, enormous amounts of teamwork on a 111-year-old Norwegian sailing barque, and caused a near-universal seasickness in thirty-foot seas?</p><p>Today&#39;s show is a monologue about my experience sailing from Seattle to San Francisco on the Statsraad Lehmkuhl for the One Ocean Expedition. I&#39;m an Executive in Residence at Maritime Blue, which sponsored this leg of the trip to raise awareness of the challenges facing the world ocean, its many inhabitants, and ourselves.</p><p>The show is about many of the practicalities of living and working among one hundred other scientists and sailors, but it&#39;s also about so much more. It&#39;s about anxiety, proximity to nature, and a reminder that humans aren&#39;t always in charge. And that also, sometimes you don&#39;t have to do the thing you really don&#39;t want to do, and why that might just be okay.</p><p><strong>This Episode&#39;s Sponsors</strong></p><p><strong></strong><a href="https://www.absoluteclimate.com" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>Absolute Climate:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ the only standard that’s developed independent of registries</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a><strong></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.philiplee.ie" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>Philip Lee LLP: legal resources for carbon removal buyers and suppliers⁠⁠</strong>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reversing-climate-change/id1321759767?i=1000715564727" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to the <em>RCC </em>episode with Peter Minor from Absolute Climate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reversing-climate-change/id1321759767?i=1000728006363" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Listen to the <em>RCC </em>episode with Ryan Covington from Philip Lee LLP⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><strong>Resources</strong></p><p><strong></strong><a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠<strong>⁠Become a paid subscriber of </strong><em><strong>Reversing Climate Change</strong></em>⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statsraad_Lehmkuhl" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Statsraad Lehmkuhl</a></p><p><a href="https://www.oneoceanexpedition.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">One Ocean Expedition</a></p><p><a href="https://maritimeblue.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Maritime Blue</a></p><p><a href="https://livingaboard.net" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>The Essentials Of Living Aboard A Boat: The definitive Guide for Liveaboards</em> by Mark Nicholas</a></p><p><a href="https://johnkretschmersailing.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">John Kretschmer Sailing</a></p><p><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reversing-climate-change/id1321759767?i=1000493756566" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">&quot;S2E33: Sailing in the age of climate change—w/ John Kretschmer, author and sailor&quot;</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorba_the_Greek" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>Zorba the Greek</em> by Nikos Kazantzakis</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Homer</a></p><p><a href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Annapolis-Book-of-Seamanship/John-Rousmaniere/9781451650198" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>The Annapolis Book of Seamanship</em> by John Rousmaniere</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ocean.washington.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">University of Washington School of Oceanography</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Ove_Knausgård" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Karl Ove Knausgård</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunost" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Brunost: the brown cheese of Norway</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantic_voyages_of_Greta_Thunberg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Sailing La Vagabonde</a></p>