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Great Northern Expedition
research expedition in Siberia (1733–1743)
Balmis Expedition
research and philanthropic expedition
United States Exploring Expedition
exploring and surveying expedition, 1838 to 1842
Malaspina Expedition
research expedition (1789-1794)
Kon-Tiki expedition
research expedition by Thor Heyerdahl

Plastiki
The Plastiki is a catamaran made out of 12,500 reclaimed plastic bottles and other recycled PET plastic and waste products. Michael Pawlyn of Exploration Architecture worked on the concept design with David de Rothschild and helped to shape some of the key ideas. The craft was built using cradle to cradle design philosophies and features many renewable energy systems, including solar panels, wind and trailing propeller turbines, and bicycle generators. The frame was designed by Australian naval architect Andrew Dovell. The boat's name is a play on the 1947 Kon-Tiki raft used to sail across the
First Kamchatka Expedition
research expedition (1725-1730)
Garcia de Nodal expedition
1619 Spanish exploration
Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest
research expedition
Whitney South Sea Expedition of the American Museum of Natural History (1920-1941)
series of scientific expeditions to the South Pacific
Western Union Telegraph Expedition
1865-1867 expedition organized by the Smithsonian Institution to Canada, Russian-America (Alaska), and Asia
Project Kaisei
organization