Greta Thunberg nears the end of her Atlantic crossing
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Greta Thunberg is likely to arrive in New York soon after crossing the Atlantic in a zero-carbon yacht.
“Land!! The lights of Long Island and New York City ahead,” the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist tweeted on Wednesday.
The 16-year-old is sailing to New York to attend a UN summit on zero emissions next month after refusing to fly there because of the carbon emissions caused by planes.
She was offered a ride on the Malizia II racing yacht skippered by Pierre Casiraghi, the son of Princess Caroline of Monaco, and the German round-the-world sailor Boris Herrmann.
Thunberg, whose school strikes have inspired children across the world to protest against the climate crisis, tweeted on Monday that she expected to arrive in Manhattan on Tuesday.
She added late on Tuesday that the yacht was facing rough seas south of Nova Scotia and “conditions closer to New York will be slower than predicted”.
The yacht left Plymouth in southern England on 14 August, and the teenager marked the first anniversary of the start of her school strike on 20 August.
A handout photo made available by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg’s twitter account shows her onboard the racing boat Malizia II in the Atlantic Ocean. EPA-EFE/GRETA THUNBERG MEDIA HANDOUT
