Lloyd Bergeson sailed his sloop, Cockatoo II, to Norway in the late 1970s. His company explored ways for wind to propel cargo ships.
Lloyd Bergeson, 89; shipbuilder warned early of global warming
Lloyd Bergeson sailed his sloop, Cockatoo II, to Norway in the late 1970s. His company explored ways for wind to propel cargo ships.
Tracing in reverse the ocean passage his grandfather made immigrating from Norway to North America, Lloyd Bergeson was within sight of his ancestral home in 1978 when he realized the northern fulmar that had flown alongside his sloop had disappeared. (Full article: 1080 words)
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