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This Swiss Family Travels The World To Report On Climate Change

NPR
Published November 25, 2016 at 12:20 PM EST

Dario and Sabine Schwörer and their five children are sailing, hiking and cycling around the world to call attention to the effects of climate change.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd met with the family on their 50-foot aluminum sloop Pachamama (Mother Earth) on their stop in Boston.

Here’s what the boat looks like:

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The Pachamama sails in front of an iceberg in the Northwest Passage in September 2016. (Courtesy TOPtoTOP)
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The Pachamama sails in front of an iceberg in the Northwest Passage in September 2016. (Courtesy TOPtoTOP)
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