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Retracing Chinese visits to America pre-Columbus
Support Research Costs
“Re-tracing Chinese visits to America pre-Columbus” is a highly complex project spanning several years, combining scientific research, exploration, and story-telling in some of the world’s most difficult to access regions and countries, whilst challenging established “truths”. Please support our academic research where we look for scientific evidence of Chinese presence pre-Columbus along the North Pacific Rim all the way to America.
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Stage 1 - China to Japan - The New Xu Fu Voyage East
Support Charity
Please help us raise Xu Fu Environmental Scholarships, enabling more 13 – 18 years old students from remote places on Kyushu island, Japan, to get a hands on understanding of inshore lifesaving and ocean preservation issues and what to do about it. Our target is to raise 13 scholarships, one for each port we visit. The 5 days / 4 nights course is held by UK NGO AtlanticPacific at Kamaishi in March 2025. Each scholarship is USD850 (JPY135,000)
Support Expedition Costs
The academic research has been completed and it justifies undertaking the first adventure stage of “Re-tracing Chinese visits to America pre-Columbus”; a rowing expedition from China to Japan where we story-tell “Xu Fu’s Voyage East” (徐福东渡) from 210BC. This will bring China one step closer to America in pre-Columbian times. Our rowboat is already in China and ready to go! Please help us row it 1,300km to Japan by making a donation.
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Past Projects Summary
Money raised for Charity
USD 127,850
Money raised for Expedition Costs
USD
Total Costs
Less Sponsors & Donations
Expeditions Profit / (Loss)
115,711
61,556
(54,115)
Row Round Denmark for Clean Seas
Community engagement project to remove a ton of trash from the sea
Money raised for Charity
USD 3,730
“Os Om Havet” (“Us about the Sea”) is a Danish environmental NGO, which a.o. organises recreational scuba divers to pick up trash from the bottom of harbour basins. “Os om Havet” focuses on removing the trash that does not wash back onto the beaches, which is about 70% of all waste in the sea.
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Money raised for Expedition Costs
USD
Total Costs
Less Sponsors & Donations
Expedition Profit / (Loss)
15,492
16,004
512
Reverse Viking Row for Mental Health
England to Denmark row with UK Marines in support of students’ mental health during COVID lockdowns
Money raised for Charity
USD 16,700
The Ranum Bubble for Stranded UWC Students supported UWC students from around the world unable to return to their respective UWC campuses due to coronavirus travel restrictions. Several students were stuck in poor and unsafe countries with poor internet making studying online extremely stressful. Bringing these students into a safe campus community in Northern Denmark relieved students of stress and anxiety, enabling them to focus on their studies.
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Money raised for Expedition Costs
USD
Total Costs
Less Sponsors & Donations
Expedition Profit / (Loss)
7,500
0
(7,500)
Swim-Run-Swim to get a Lifeboat
880 km coast to coast solo run in the Pyrenees to fundraise a lifeboat for Mozambique
Money raised for Charity
USD 17,300
Atlantic Pacific carries on the proud R.I.B. (Rigid Inflatable Boat) building tradition at UWC Atlantic. The R.I.B. was actually invented at UWC Atlantic. The project raised enough funds for students at UWC Atlantic to build another R.I.B lifeboat, to be deployed in Mozambique.
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Money raised for Expedition Costs
USD
Total Costs
Less Sponsors & Donations
Expedition Profit / (Loss)
5,600
0
(5,600)
Trans-Atlantic Row with Chinese ex-Soldier
5,084 km ocean row to test the limits of Sino-Western cross-cultural cooperation and fundraise for Chinese students
Money raised for Charity
USD 90,120
Money was raised to send two Mainland Chinese students to UWC Atlantic on full 2-year scholarships.
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Money raised for Expedition Costs
USD
Total Costs
Less Sponsors & Donations
Expedition Profit / (Loss)
87,119
45,552
(41,567)