The Mediterranean Sea, despite constituting only 0.8% of the global ocean surface, is a unique marine basin in the world, characterized by a high biodiversity because it hosts up to 18% of all known marine species, many of which are endemic. Due to its conformation [...]
Are you ready to go? Ready! Mediterranea starts again. The expedition of Progetto Mediterranea returns to the sea on May 1st, for a new three-year period 2021-2023 of navigation, study and research, and documents. Through meeting, study, thought, ideas, exchange, values, sources, origins, people, [...]
(by Simone Perotti) Years ago, I was in charge as General Manager of a subsidiary of a USA company. I met periodically my colleagues, and all the time we had to face an apparently unsolvign problem, it was the Spanish, or the Greek, or the [...]
(by Simone Perotti)The First Phase, that of the collection of flag proposals arrived from all those who participated in the public initiative of the Progetto Mediterranean "A flag for the Mediterranean", ended tonight. The team that worked on the anonymous reception and cataloging of the [...]
September 15, 2018 | Lisbon, Doca de Alcantara Crew Lagos-Lisbon, the people that closes the Route 2018. Simply, we. Our shirt, our colors, our boat, because in this week all the great Mediterranea crew was symbolically on board. With the eyes always, constantly, facing the [...]
The "Plankton Mapping in the Mediterranean Sea" project began in 2014 with the departure of the Mediterranean journey. The project lacks funding and therefore proceeds to take advantage of the voluntary availability of Progetto Mediterranea expedition, the Mediterraneans and the marine biologist researcher who deals [...]
(by Simone Perotti) In a few hours I’m boarding on Mediterranea again. I’m going back to where I’ve built a new world together with a bunch of adventurers. Every time I board on that boat I wonder whether I’ll be able to represent that world, [...]
(By Simone Perotti) We have not told enough about these weks, taken from travel, navigation, and interesting places where we are. We sailed from Limassol (Cyprus), on a route to Beirut. At the port someone warned us, “be careful … it’s dangerous.” We [...]
(by Simone Perotti) Aboard Mediterranea we do this way. The more experts make room for those who need to gain experience. During the first year sailing our boat required the humility of waiting, working care. Whoever was on board, experienced or not, washed, put fenders [...]
36° 46.014 N – 24° 36.660 E July 24th, 15:00 local time Polyaigos ”Just few words aboard Mediterranea, lots of tears of emotion, silence. It swam with us and we did with it. An hour long. Then it swam quickly to the bottom of the [...]
