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WILD ASMAT – a changing culture

WILD ASMAT – a changing culture

by ct_admin
21 May, 2016

The Asmat culture of West Papua is changing fast!

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Let not anyone pacify his conscience by the delusi

Let not anyone pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.

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FINAL OSIBOT 1 UPDATE! After approximately 1000 d

FINAL OSIBOT 1 UPDATE!

After approximately 1000 days at sea, our Mary has finally come home!

The autonomous research vessel I designed and launched close to 3 years ago has completed its mission and returned back to Australia last week.

My brother recovered her from a beach just north of Newcastle a few days ago and we have begun the long process of analysing any data she has recorded.
The mystery however is far from solved, we still have no idea where Mary has been for the entire pandemic. Theories abound and will likely be debated for many years to come.

OPTION 1: The South Pacific Loop
Proposed by my father, Ben, this route follows the same route as the whale sharks on the east coast of Australia. However, I believe it’s the least likely option as Mary has very little marine growth on her hull for a vessel that has spent the last few years in tropical waters.

OPTION 2: The Great Circle - Mission Complete
Mary’s original route was programmed into her navigation computer before her launch and had her surfing the large ocean currents and storms while circumnavigating Antarctica and returning back to Australia. While it sounds incredible that Mary actually did complete her original mission, this route does explain the lack of marine growth found on her hull.

Whatever happened to her during these past 3 years, one thing is definitely not debatable - she is one incredibly strong vessel and in returning to our shores all these years later she has inspired us right when we needed it most.

Welcome Home Mary!

I had the privilege of working with the incredibly

I had the privilege of working with the incredibly talented filmmaker Nicolás Bori and his team over the last few years.

He has taken my Antarctica Drone Videos and created a true cinematic masterpiece.

“Mother Nature's Power” is a 3 minutes student film that aims to start conversations about stopping fossil fuels before it ́s too late.

Check it out now on YouTube, you won't be disappointed!

https://youtu.be/zROrdF5IXC8

Buoy, do I have an update for you! Back in July 2

Buoy, do I have an update for you!

Back in July 2019, I built an Autonomous Research Vessel Prototype named OSIBOT 1 - Mary and set her off on her maiden voyage across the Tasman Sea.

Her mission was to collect data across the Tasman Sea and if successful continue down into the Southern Ocean and circumnavigate Antarctica returning to Australia 2 years later.

If successful she would have been the first autonomous boat to accomplish this journey, however, we lost contact with both her GPS trackers near Lord Howe Island after a horrific storm and the vessel was sadly presumed lost at sea.

My brother did a search of the large coral reef near her last known location a few months later but did not find any wreckage. It was a total mystery and after almost 3 years and a global pandemic later Osibot 1 - Mary faded from our thoughts.

Yesterday, I had a phone call from a fisherman who was fishing the continental shelf about 100km north of Sydney. He had taken some photos of a strange boat with my website on the side of it and emailed me the photos.

This fisherman had just made the first confirmed visual sighting of Osibot 1- Mary in 977 days.

Unfortunately, the fisherman did not tow the vessel back to shore, so she is still out there somewhere, floating near her final waypoint waiting for someone to recover her.

Please help us get the word out to all fishermen, cargo ships & pilots between Sydney and Newcastle to keep a close eye out for a 5m white narrow vessel. We are standing by ready to recover her from Sydney but we need an updated sighting to narrow our search area.

I can’t even imagine what tales she could possibly tell after almost 3 years at sea!

Stay Tuned For More Updates!

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