Episode 2

A 5 metre long marine laboratory

Capturing acoustic surveys that transect the entire coast of Oman, never before gathered samples of eDNA suspended in the Omani water and geotagging marine plastic to feed into a global database of waste - The Oman 3165 expedition is more than just an expedition, it’s a 70 day floating field study that will support scientists and researchers around the globe.

In this podcast Dr Gill Braulik of St. Andrews University,  Paul Rose, Head of Expeditions National Geographic Pristine Seas and Katy Newnham, Director of Wasterbuster  all bring to life the science projects that Mark will be supporting from his kayak. 

Discover more about the expedition and track Mark at Oman 3165

The Oman 3165 podcast is produced by Adventurous Audio

Sandwich Tern recorded by David Darrell-Lambert and used with permission under Creative Commons licence

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Oman 3165
A seventy-day, human powered carbon neutral journey around the coastline of Oman in a 5-metre boat

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The creative partnership behind Adventurous Audio is Pennie Latin Stuart and Dan Holland. We worked together as a team at the BBC for years—45 between us—producing an insane range of content, covering every conceivable topic from comedy to hard-hitting documentaries, food, the arts, science, music, sport and outside broadcasts, for just about every audio corner of the BBC - BBC Sounds and BBC Radio Scotland, Radio 4, Radio 3 and Radio 2.