During Prince Albert’s visit in Cabo Verde we christened the new GEOMAR Ocean Science Center Mindelo, Skyped with 300 schoolchildren in Monaco, visited the island of Branco to pick up Raquel and Aurélien and hear about their work looking for evidence of the giant skink, learned about the GEOMAR wave glider that is aboard the Yersin, and visited a sea turtle hatchery on the beaches of Boa Vista.
GEOMAR Ocean Science Center Mindelo
The GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel and the National Cabo Verdean Fisheries Research Institute INDP generously hosted an event to welcome HSH Prince Albert II to Cabo Verde with a first opening of their Ocean Science Center Mindelo (officially opening in late 2017).
The event was attended by nearly 200 people who heard speeches from:
- HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco
- Robert Calcagno, Director of the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco
- Carlos Évora, Director Nacional de Economia Marítima of the Republic of Cabo Verde
- Dr. Astrigilda Silveira, Vice-Rector of Universidade de Cabo Verde
- Dr. Osvaldina Silva, President of the Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento das Pescas (National Institute for Fisheries Development)
- Dr. Peter Herzig, Director of GEOMAR
- Dr. Björn Fiedler, Chief Scientist at GEOMAR
Read more about the creation of the Ocean Science Center Mindelo here event here, and watch the live broadcast on the GEOMAR Facebook Page.
Scinque Géant Returned to Cabo Verde
HSH Prince Albert II (with help from our partners at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco and Head of Missions Robert Calcagno) returned to Cabo Verde for research purposes one of the giant skink specimens collected in the early 1900’s by Prince Albert 1st, which has been housed at the museum.
President of Cabo Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, hosted Prince Albert II for this symbolic ceremony of collaboration between Monaco and Cabo Verde.
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HSH Prince Albert II and Robert Calcagno Skype with 300 Schoolchildren in Monaco
Educating and involving youth in Monaco Explorations is one of the main goals of this campaign. There is no better place to start than at home. We were happy to facilitate a “virtual field trip” to Cabo Verde’s Ocean Science Center Mindelo via Skype for more than 300 schoolchildren at the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco. The children prepared questions for HSH Prince Albert II and Museum Director, Robert Calcagno.
You can watch the Skype session from the Museum’s Facebook Page.
Questions from the kids:
- Is your family with you on the boat?
- Do you miss them?
- When are you going to come back to Monaco?
- The monk seals could disappear. How are you going to save them?
- What can we do to help save the oceans?
- The expedition is 3 years! Will the crew on the boat be able to see their families?
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