L’Echo des Labos n°3

L'écho des Labos n°3, by Stéphane Dugast, special correspondent.

Sunday November 13, 2022, Maya’s Saya Bank in the Indian Ocean.
It’s 5 p.m. sharp on the starboard foredeck of the S.A. Aghulas II, an exploration vessel belonging to the Indian Ocean mission of Explorations de Monaco.
The sending of a manta net overboard is imminent.
Gwen, head of the MadCaps project, is anxious because her partner Vic still hasn’t arrived…

Listen to Echo des Labos n°3

The protagonists

Marine biologist Gwennaïs Fustemberg is Mission Leader for the MadCaps(MicroplAsticsanD CorAls PathogenS) project,

Vyctoria Marillac Fernandes da Costa, marine biologist, Gwennaïs’ alter ego and partner on the mission,

Artist Chloé Thibaut Vanderlynden will accompany and illustrate the MadCaps project during the second part of the mission.

Vyctoria Marillac Fernandes da Costa.
MadCaps.
Indian Ocean Mission©Sven Bender_Autentic_MonacoExplorations

Gwennaïs Fustemberg.
Madcaps.
Indian Ocean Mission.
2022-11-20©François Simard_MonacoExplorations

Chloé Thibaut Vanderlynden.
MadCaps.
Indian Ocean mission-2022-11-20©François Simard_MonacoExplorations

Manta line.
MadCaps.
Indian Ocean Mission©Nicolas Mathys_Zeppelin_MonacoExplorations

MadCaps team.
Sorting plastic samples after a Manta net.
Indian Ocean Mission©Nicolas Mathys_Zeppelin_MonacoExplorations

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