Tracks on the Ocean Exhibition_The Van de Veldes The Halo is an 18-metre

The Halo is an 18-metre diameter sculpture illuminated by hundreds of bright LED lights

As founding director of Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute

drawing from the accounts of sixteenth-century and early seventeenth-century ocean voyages to convey the realities of everyday life aboard the galleons sailing between England and the West Indies and beyond

Created in response to the Polar Worlds gallery at the National Maritime Museum

Tracks on the Ocean Exhibition_The Van de Veldes The Halo is an 18-metreIn Tracks on the Ocean, Sara Caputo tells how our journeys around the globe became fixed lines on maps and how journey lines themselves reshaped maps and the way that we view the world. From Captain Cook's route across the South Seas to the disorientating power of digital technology, the tracks we've left on the oceans trading, exploring and conquering are a hidden record of humanity's impact on the planet. Revealing their histories, Caputo uncovers a