A ship full of students

A few days into the new year Statsraad Lehmkuhl sets sail and heads towards one of the world's strongest ocean currents.

High above us orbit satellites that watch the earth. Some of them survey the oceans, and are equipped with instruments that constantly record parameters such as the temperature of the sea surface, the color of the water, currents and eddies on the sea surface, the effect of the wind, and the size and direction of the waves.