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Luxury Yacht Finds Purpose And Passion In Scientific Research
Imagine: One boat. Five days. Thirteen people. Thousands of humpback whales.
Nothing compares. Just ask Alexei Mikhailov, Founder and CEO of luxury superyacht builder Bering Yachts, who recently teamed up with Mission Blue through Yachts For Science, two nonprofits, for five days of research on humpback whales in the Silver Bank calving zone.
Anchoring eighty miles off the northeast shore of the Dominican Republic, the team quickly got to work as they were surrounded by humpback whales coming to Silver Bank to mate and birth calves. Learning, discovering, sharing academic as well as cultural knowledge, there was great communication among the scientists and crew.
