Chapter 1
The shoreless Sargasso Sea
Chapter 2
The abyss of the Mariana Trench
Chapter 3
Extreme adaptations of ocean life
Chapter 4
Humans and the ocean extremes
YOUR GOAL
Master of Strange ocean geography
Ch 1 · The shoreless Sargasso Sea
misslily The shoreless Sargasso Sea
A sea without a shore— (no land in sight!) / Just four currents spinning— (day and night!)
misslily European and American eels travel thousands of miles across the Atlantic to spawn exclusively in the Sargasso Sea.
misslily Vast mats of golden-brown Sargassum seaweed float on the surface, creating a unique open-ocean ecosystem.
BETA
misslily Navigate the swirling currents to discover how the shoreless Sargasso Sea is formed.
Fun Fact
Sargasso berries: Portuguese sailors named the sea after sargação, a grape-like weed with air bladders that resemble berries.
Glossary
sargassum (noun)
A type of brown seaweed characterized by berrylike air bladders that help it float. In 1492, Christopher Columbus first documented this floating vegetation while crossing the North Atlantic.
A type of brown seaweed characterized by berrylike air bladders that help it float. In 1492, Christopher Columbus first documented this floating vegetation while crossing the North Atlantic.
Quiz
What is the main physical characteristic of the water inside the Sargasso Sea gyre?