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The Boat


To download the plans of the boat click here.

Environmental Considerations On Board

Energy

The Tara team is working towards reducing energy consumption, specifically hydrocarbons, for the Tara Arctic 2007-2008 expedition. During the Arctic drift, Tara will use four wind turbines that produce 6KW/hour as well as sun panels (40 square meters), which produce the same energy.

More on wind turbines
More on solar power

Water

In the land of ice, you only need to melt snow to obtain drinkable water. More