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The Sargasso Conquest

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  1. A Sea of Legends
  2. A Sea like none other
  3. 2011, A Species Odyssey
  4. The struggle against invasion
  5. Sargassum, resource for the future?

What on earth is this strange sea, that doesn’t have a shoreline, and has intrigued most navigators that have sailed through its waters? Christopher Columbus stumbled upon it on his way to America. The Sargasso Sea, that stretches in the North Atlantic, is located in a calm, windless and waveless zone, often hard to get through. Its name comes from the floating seaweed that covers the water like a carpet. OCEAN71 takes you on a journey to discover this strange ecosystem that has been puzzling many people through the centuries.

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