Alexia Barrier´s Solo Sailing Trip around the World –

The IAEA Marine Environment Laboratories (MEL) are also on board

Alexia Barrier is a 29 years old woman grown up in Monaco and committed to sailing from the early child­hood. She loves the ocean and the marine environment and wants to call attention to the vul­nerability of the oceans. Consequently, the idea was borne to sail around the world as a solo trip, just she alone and the ocean. Alexia Barrier got in contact with the MEL of the IAEA located at the port of Monaco and in the laboratory the idea was born to use this trip to receive surface water samples from the trip around the world. There are a few radionuclides, which can be measured in relatively small volumes of water and this would be a possibility to get more information about the geographical distribution of radionuclides in the world ocean.

The MEL delivered more than 100 bottles each 1.5 L of mineral water as drinking water during the cruise. She will rinse the bottle at least twice with seawater about every three days and fill the bottle and seal it carefully for transport back to the laboratory in Monaco. We intend to analyse the water samples on the radionuclide Tritium and I-129. Tritium is the radioactive isotope of Hydrogen with the relative atomic mass of 3, containing one proton and two neutrons. Tritium is both, an artificial radionuclide introduced to the environment from the nuclear fuel cycle, and a natural radionuclide continuously produced by cosmic radiation. It has a half-live of 12.4 years. It is washed to the earth´ surface by rain and therefore, it follows mostly the fresh water cycle. Most of the Tritium is bound in the chemical form of THO instead of H₂O and the enrichment in biota is rather low and also its radiological impact to biota is very low. It is estimated that the total inventory of Tritium on earth is on the order of 1.8 kg. The second radionuclide is Iodine-129, which has a half-live of 14 Millio n years and can also be determined from small volumes of water samples. Due to its very long half-live it can be used as a long time tracer for water mass current system in the world ocean.

Alexia started from Monaco at the 11^th January 2010 heading through the Strait of Gibraltar to Cape Town in South Africa. From there she will cross the southern Indian Ocean to South Australia, call in Sydney and sail around southern America – these well know passage for many sailors – and turn North direction to Rio de Janeiro and New York. From New York she will then cross the Atlantic Ocean to get home safely to Monaco. You may follow her trip on the website: www.4myplanet.eu

The staff of the MEL wishes Alexia Barrier a full success of her ambitious experience around the world and a safe return to Monaco expected about June 2010.

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Axel Mees – FightAidsMonaco

Celebration Range Press Release

Axel Mees is a fine jeweler who has been creating objects of beauty for his select clients for

more than twenty years from his premises in Monaco. As the third generation of master

jeweler Axel continues the family tradition to fashion his pieces by hand using the finest

precious stones and metals. His philosophy is that there should be no compromise on time or

quality in the pursuit of creating beauty. Uniqueness is in all of us and present in each of Axel

Mees’s creations.

What is the Axel Mees Celebration Range?

“Axel Mees is very excited to launch our Celebration Range with the 4myplanet

project and the FightAidsMonaco foundation. I have used the same creative powers

and the traditional high quality manufacturing techniques to create a new range of

products – our “Celebration Range”. I am celebrating design and creativity whilst

using fabulous novel materials to mix traditional jewelry with fashion. With the strength

and value of fine silver we contrast leather and rubber with unusual metals and semiprecious

stones to create stunning pieces to celebrate beauty! I will be selling the

range from my shops in Monaco and Brussels but do not be surprised if you find these

pieces arriving in the more select department stores and outlets near you! But more

of that later…”

Why is Axel Mees supporting the 4myplanet project and the FightAidsMonaco foundation?

“I am very proud to be associated with this project and the foundation as they are

trying to raise awareness of the problems of global warming and the fight against

AIDS. I asked myself the question, “What can Axel Mees do to help fight AIDS?”

I am very fortunate to live and work here in Monaco for more than 20 years and as a

AXEL MEES

J O A I L L I E R

creator of fine jewelry I fashion precious metals and stones into beautiful things. But

there is beauty in all of us; and so I wanted to help fight AIDS using beauty. I have

found an exceptional blue topaz of more than 200 carats and with this I can create

the most beautiful of jewels that should inspire people. We will give people a chance

to win the jewel by buying a ticket and in this way each small ticket to try and win this

beautiful jewel will raise money throughout the voyage jewel to win the fight against

AIDS!”

Axel Mees

3, rue des Carmes

MC-98000 Monaco

Monaco Tel: +377 92 16 05 01

GSM: +33 6 29 47 26 27

Belgium Tel: +32 2 512 02 77

GSM: +32 2 475 02 77

Cette adresse email est protégée contre les robots des spammeurs, vous devez activer Javascript pour la voir.

www.axel-mees.AXEL MEES

J O A I L L I E R

Axel Mees – FightAidsMonaco

Celebration Range Press Release

Axel Mees is a fine jeweler who has been creating objects of beauty for his select clients for

more than twenty years from his premises in Monaco. As the third generation of master

jeweler Axel continues the family tradition to fashion his pieces by hand using the finest

precious stones and metals. His philosophy is that there should be no compromise on time or

quality in the pursuit of creating beauty. Uniqueness is in all of us and present in each of Axel

Mees’s creations.

What is the Axel Mees Celebration Range?

“Axel Mees is very excited to launch our Celebration Range with the 4myplanet

project and the FightAidsMonaco foundation. I have used the same creative powers

and the traditional high quality manufacturing techniques to create a new range of

products – our “Celebration Range”. I am celebrating design and creativity whilst

using fabulous novel materials to mix traditional jewelry with fashion. With the strength

and value of fine silver we contrast leather and rubber with unusual metals and semiprecious

stones to create stunning pieces to celebrate beauty! I will be selling the

range from my shops in Monaco and Brussels but do not be surprised if you find these

pieces arriving in the more select department stores and outlets near you! But more

of that later…”

Why is Axel Mees supporting the 4myplanet project and the FightAidsMonaco foundation?

“I am very proud to be associated with this project and the foundation as they are

trying to raise awareness of the problems of global warming and the fight against

AIDS. I asked myself the question, “What can Axel Mees do to help fight AIDS?”

I am very fortunate to live and work here in Monaco for more than 20 years and as a

AXEL MEES

J O A I L L I E R

creator of fine jewelry I fashion precious metals and stones into beautiful things. But

there is beauty in all of us; and so I wanted to help fight AIDS using beauty. I have

found an exceptional blue topaz of more than 200 carats and with this I can create

the most beautiful of jewels that should inspire people. We will give people a chance

to win the jewel by buying a ticket and in this way each small ticket to try and win this

beautiful jewel will raise money throughout the voyage jewel to win the fight against

AIDS!”

Axel Mees

3, rue des Carmes

MC-98000 Monaco

Monaco Tel: +377 92 16 05 01

GSM: +33 6 29 47 26 27

Belgium Tel: +32 2 512 02 77

GSM: +32 2 475 02 77

Cette adresse email est protégée contre les robots des spammeurs, vous devez activer Javascript pour la voir. Mees – FightAidsMonaco

Celebration Range Press Release

Axel Mees is a fine jeweler who has been creating objects of beauty for his select clients for

more than twenty years from his premises in Monaco. As the third generation of master

jeweler Axel continues the family tradition to fashion his pieces by hand using the finest

precious stones and metals. His philosophy is that there should be no compromise on time or

quality in the pursuit of creating beauty. Uniqueness is in all of us and present in each of Axel

Mees’s creations.

What is the Axel Mees Celebration Range?

“Axel Mees is very excited to launch our Celebration Range with the 4myplanet

project and the FightAidsMonaco foundation. I have used the same creative powers

and the traditional high quality manufacturing techniques to create a new range of

products – our “Celebration Range”. I am celebrating design and creativity whilst

using fabulous novel materials to mix traditional jewelry with fashion. With the strength

and value of fine silver we contrast leather and rubber with unusual metals and semiprecious

stones to create stunning pieces to celebrate beauty! I will be selling the

range from my shops in Monaco and Brussels but do not be surprised if you find these

pieces arriving in the more select department stores and outlets near you! But more

of that later…”

Why is Axel Mees supporting the 4myplanet project and the FightAidsMonaco foundation?

“I am very proud to be associated with this project and the foundation as they are

trying to raise awareness of the problems of global warming and the fight against

Axel Mees

Celebration Range

Axel Mees is a fine jeweler who has been creating objects of beauty for his select clients for more than twenty years from his premises in Monaco. As the third generation of master jeweler Axel continues the family tradition to fashion his pieces by hand using the finest precious stones and metals. His philosophy is that there should be no compromise on time or quality in the pursuit of creating beauty. Uniqueness is in all of us and present in each of Axel Mees’s creations.

What is the Axel Mees Celebration Range?

“Axel Mees is very excited to launch our Celebration Range with the 4myplanet project and the FightAidsMonaco foundation. I have used the same creative powers and the traditional high quality manufacturing techniques to create a new range of products – our “Celebration Range”. I am celebrating design and creativity whilst using fabulous novel materials to mix traditional jewelry with fashion. With the strength and value of fine silver we contrast leather and rubber with unusual metals and semiprecious stones to create stunning pieces to celebrate beauty! I will be selling the range from my shops in Monaco and Brussels but do not be surprised if you find these pieces arriving in the more select department stores and outlets near you! But more of that later…”

Why is Axel Mees supporting the 4myplanet project and the FightAids Monaco foundation?