Welcome and thank you for following Antoine Cousot’s Golden Globe Race around the world!
The Golden Globe Race started on July 1st. One of our alumni, Antoine Cousot, is currently taking the challenge of racing around the world solo using 1960’s equipment. He talks about his personal journey and value of education. He is raising money for a scholarship fund to help others obtain education and collecting research samples for The Open University academics.
Follow his journey around the world and check out insights from our OU academics along each step of his journey.
Here is Antoine Cousot’s boat in build...
Two of our academics in the School of Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences, Pallavi Anand and Luke Mander have been down to Falmouth to talk to Antoine Cousot while he is preparing for the launch.
Luke talks to Antoine about when he started sailing and how he came to the decision to race in this audio podcast.
Antoine tells Pallavi how he came across The Open University and his study with the OU in this video.
Follow Antoine on Soundcloud to hear his weekly calling into the GGR race offce:
Explore our academic insights on the oceans, navigation and more
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The power of the wind at sea and man’s use of this power over time
Antoine’s epic journey will take him to some of the roughest seas on his route at 40oS. Why is it so rough there?
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The landscape above and below the sea
Antoine’s epic journey is taking him over vast mountain ranges and valleys hidden beneath the ocean and past lonely island outposts (see below). In this topic, we will look at what they are and how some of them are formed.
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Global Biodiversity
What is biodiversity? When was it discovered? How does it vary across the globe? Luke Mander explains...
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Drifting continents and a stormy passage
How did the Pacific Ocean form, why is it getting smaller, why is it surrounded by the ‘Ring of Fire’ and why does the Drake Passage play such an important role in our current climate?
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Monsoon and its role on regulating global climate in the past
How can we predict the Indian Summer Monsoon rainfall in relation to conditions such as climate change? Dr Pallavi Anand explores...
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: The next 50 years?
Dr David Assinder takes a look ahead at the next 50 years and explores the changes to our oceans.
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Level: 1 Introductory
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Golden Globe Ocean Race: Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions
PhD student Andreas Wernecke explores Antarctic ice cliff instability and sea-level predictions.
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Level: 1 Introductory
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