Illustrated with slides and his own original poetry this talk captures Edward’s experiences of sailing around the world in Clipper Round the World Yacht races and into the Arctic Ocean. It will describe the connection you feel with the energy of planet as you sail across oceans. What is it like to helm during a Pacific storm? How do you cope with big waves? What is life like below decks for weeks on end? Can poetry capture more than photographs? On the voyages I learned, paradoxically, how very small the planet is and how very delicately balanced, even though it feels powerful and violent. I connected with dolphins, whales and albatrosses in their world but saw graveyards of bleached coral. I learned how the planet offers more natural, clean energy than we could ever need and how the future of humanity will be determined by what we have done to our oceans.