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Solo round the world yachtie Brad Van Liew has made an impassioned New Year's resolution from the dangerous seas of the Southern Ocean.
Van Liew continues to set the pace in the Cape Town to Wellington leg of the Velux 5 Oceans Race.
And he has vowed to fight for the preservation of the seas he is battling, and the conservation of its lessening marine life, after being stunned at changes he has witnessed in the region since last racing in the Southern Ocean during the 2006 Velux 5 Oceans Race.
"The primary message that I will try to convey to this watery world as we enter 2011 is an apology,'' Van Liew blogged on the official race site from the Southern Ocean.
"I'd like to be an 'eyes wide open' witness to the impact our human existence has on this place. Maybe I am a lone ambassador of sorts?
"As I write this I am sailing in 9 degree Celsius water in a place that should have far cooler water temperature. I am sailing deliberately further north than ever before because the Antarctic convergence [ice zone] is hundreds of miles further north than when I first sailed the Southern Ocean in 1998.
"The birds are far less than I have ever experienced, and the whales ... well we all know that story.
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