Latest News on Expeditions — 17 April 2020

Cape Verde Science Expedition

A must-see documentary, portraying the scientific breakthroughs and the richness of marine life of the Sal Island. In the summer of 2019 the Mirpuri Foundation embarked on a Science Expedition in...

Expeditions — 24 August 2019

South Pole talk at famous Gstaad Yacht Club

Mirpuri Foundation President and Founder Paulo Mirpuri gave a presentation to the famous Gstaad Yacht Club in Switzerland, speaking on his recent journey to the South Pole. Paulo Mirpuri, who has...

Expeditions — 8 August 2019

New species discovered on Expedition

The Mirpuri Foundation is organizing a scientific expedition that embarked on a study of the biodiversity in the seas around Cape Verde and that has already identified new genus and species. The aim...

Expeditions — 4 July 2019

The Explorers Club Summit

Mirpuri Foundation President, Paulo Mirpuri, attended the Global Exploration Summit in Lisbon. Established in 1904, the Club, based in New York, brings together some of the world’s best minds, with...

Expeditions — 5 March 2019

Antarctica Expedition: South Pole

Paulo Mirpuri and Luís Mirpuri reached the geographic South Pole on January 10th 2019 at 16:35 UTC. An expedition on behalf of the Mirpuri Foundation to increase public awareness on...

Expeditions — 5 February 2019

Antarctica Expedition: Mount Mirpuri

Paulo and Luís Mirpuri, with the summit of Mount Mirpuri, pay tribute to the Mirpuri Foundation and its efforts to increase awareness on climate change. Mountaineering in Antarctica under -40º and...

Expeditions — 15 January 2019

Through the Eyes of the Leopard 3

Summary of Expedition to Georgia and the Republic of North Ossetia – the State of Alania. This third expedition is part of the in-situ Conservation Project for the Caucasus region,...

Expeditions — 12 September 2018

Expedition to Azerbaijan and Dagestan: the video

A video summary of the expedition to Azerbaijan (AZ), the Nakhchivan exclave (AZ) and Dagestan (RU) between May 28th and June 14th 2018. This second expedition is part of a Conservation Project...

Expeditions — 15 August 2018

Expedition to Azerbaijan, the Nakhchivan exclave and Dagestan

A summary of the expedition to Azerbaijan (AZ), the Nakhchivan exclave (AZ) and Dagestan (RU) between May 28th and June 14th 2018 This second expedition is part of a Conservation Project...

Expeditions — 7 June 2018

Through the Eyes of the Leopard 2

Through the Eyes of the Leopard is a project supported by the Mirpuri Foundation that comprises three expeditions to the Caucasus. Designed to photograph the Persian Leopard and the natural...

Expeditions — 30 April 2018

Raising awareness in the world’s highest lake

Our ambassador Luís Mirpuri reached the highest lake of its size in the world, the Tilicho Lake, in the heart of Nepal, at 5,015 meters of altitude in the most...

Expeditions — 3 December 2017

Through the Eyes of the Leopard 1

Notes from the expedition to Armenia and Iran from the 13th to the 31st of October 2017 The Caucasus ecoregion is recognized as one of the richest in the world in...

Expeditions — 21 November 2017

Taking action to help endangered Persian Leopard

The Mirpuri Foundation is funding three expeditions to photograph the natural habitat of the Persian Leopard in the Caucasus and the surrounding communities. The first expedition took place in November 2017...

Expeditions — 20 July 2017

Next mission: Antarctica

Mirpuri Foundation’s commitment is to make the world a better place for future generations. Considering the importance of oceans and marine ecosystems to achieve that goal, Mirpuri Foundation is already...

Expeditions — 25 May 2017

Everest

Mirpuri Foundation sponsored an expedition to Everest in April 2017, lead by its President Paulo Mirpuri. Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmatha and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is...

Expeditions — 17 March 2017

Across the Atlantic in less than seven days

Lights were still twinkling in the Caribbean capital of Barbados when the crew of the Mirpuri Foundation yacht spotted dry land after six and a half days crossing the ocean....

Expeditions — 5 February 2017

Arrival in Barbados - Transatlantic Crossing - Mirpuri Foundation

After 160 hours of intense navigation – and many maneuvers in the last two days of the North Atlantic – the VOR70 Mirpuri Foundation, led by the Portuguese skipper Paulo...

Expeditions — 4 February 2017

150 miles from Barbados

Instable winds (15 to 20 knots) and a sea with waves 5-7 meters high (a result of the current bad weather in the North Atlantic which hit Europe in the...

Expeditions — 1 February 2017

In the middle of the atlantic north

1 February 19º 46,3 ‘ North 43 43,4 ‘ West TWS – True wind speed – 22-27 knots TWD – True wind direction – 110º Average speed of the boat – 18 knots Maximum speed –...

Expeditions — 31 January 2017

Downwind at full speed to Barbados

31 January  17º 34,1 ‘ North 36º 44,4 ‘ West TWS – True wind speed – 22-30 knots TWD – True wind direction – 75º Average speed of the boat – 18 knots Maximum speed –...

Expeditions — 30 January 2017

300 Miles covered on the first night at sea

30 January 16º 14,1′ North 28º 18,9 ‘ West TWS – True wind speed – 25 knots TWD – True wind direction – 60º Average speed of the boat – 16,6 knots Maximum speed – 26,4...

Expeditions — 29 January 2017

The departure of Mirpuri Foundation’s sailing boat from the port of Mindelo

It was to the sound of tambourines and drums of carnival and ‘mandigas’ that the crew of the sailboat Mirpuri Foundation loosened the moorings in the commercial port of Mindelo...

Expeditions — 28 January 2017

Sailboat VOR Mirpuri Foundation at the port of Mindelo

The crew of the sailing boat VOR70  Mirpuri Foundation finalizes today the preparations at the port of Mindelo, S. Vicente Island, Cape Verde, for the the start of the transatlantic...

Expeditions — 16 January 2017

First an ocean, then round the world

To publicise the work carried out by the Mirpuri Foundation in the field of conservation of the oceans and marine ecosystems, its chairman, Paulo Mirpuri, has embarked for the first...

Expeditions — 16 January 2017

Transatlantic Crossing – Cape Verde to Barbados

2,300 nautical miles (4,140 km) The transatlantic crossing between the port of Mindelo, São Vicente, Cape Verde and Bridgetown, Barbados, in the Caribbean, totals 2,300 nautical miles (4,140 km) and should...

Expeditions — 16 January 2017

Mirpuri Foundation VOR70 yacht

The Volvo Open 70 yacht (or Volvo Ocean 70/VOR70), the fastest monohull ever built, made its debut in the fleet of the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race in 2005-2006, replacing the...

Expeditions — 16 January 2017

Biographies of the Mirpuri Foundation yacht crew

10 crew members // 7 nationalities – Skipper – Paulo Mirpuri – Portugal – As an amateur skipper in his first ocean crossing, the chairman of the Mirpuri Foundation seeks to put into...
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