Immediately after returning from his “Ocean Change” expedition in the North Polar Sea, theauthor and expedition leader Arved Fuchs will report from first-hand experience on thecatastrophic consequences mankind’s treatment of the sensitive oceanic ecosystems has fortoday’s global climate. On this occasion, Fuchs is to receive the newly createdSEADEVCON Maritime Award which will honour annually a personality whose “lifetimeachievement is exemplary for the fight for a sustainable and respectful use of the world’s seas.