Exploring the World through Sailing & Science

Alexia Barrier was the first woman to attempt a single-handed around-the-globe tour for the benefit of science. In this episode she shares: her experience spending 111 days alone at sea how you don’t need the best equipment to perform at the highest caliber how we can each play a role in protecting our oceans, and the scale at which plastics are impacting the environment About the Guest: Alexia Barrier is a professional sailor, top-level match racer, founder of 4myplanet and member of IWF France. She recently completed the Vendée Globe, a solo, nonstop around the world yacht race. To learn more about the International Women’s Forum visit iwforum.org .

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Exploring the World through Sailing & Science is an episode from IWF Game Changers by International Women's Forum.

This episode is 23:52 long.

This episode was published on Aug 19, 2021.

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