Author: TOPtoTOP
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Clean up the Arctic
Back in the Arctic waters, we spent the last few weeks cleaning the beaches of remote islands from plastic debris. Not everything went perfectly with the eDNA sampling. At first, we waited a long time until we had a permit. Then we had difficulties with the new setup, especially the…
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25th Swiss TOP
After the Topper Sailing World Championships, our next goal was to reach the two remaining TOPs of the Swiss TOPtoTOP 2.0 project, as well as to help with a polisportive camp in Tenero. It took Andri and Dario a day to get to the Finsteraarhorn hut. On the largest glacier…
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Topper World Championships 2024
After a time away from civilization taking eDNA samples in arctic waters, we take part in the Topper World Championship 2024. These kinds of events prove that peace between different countries is possible. Young people from all continents share the idea of global citizenship and form friendships across borders. Unfortunately,…
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Arctic eDNA
Unbelievable how indestructible Victorinox products are: In 2022, one of our participants lost his Victorinox knife on a hike on a remote island. 2 years later, on July 2, 2024, we were taking eDNA samples near the island and went to take a look. Despite the extreme arctic conditions, we…
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North Cape
At the North Cape there was a sign with the inscription: “The TOP of the World”. After 1000 nautical miles on the sailing ship Pachamama, Noé and Dario covered the last 250 km by bike (1). Up to this northern TOP, it was time to take eDNA samples (2), the…