Thunberg looked into the most environmentally friendly way to get to New York before settling on the Malizia II. The boat will be captained by Boris Herrmann, a professional race skipper ...

Thunberg, used the boat to raise awareness to the greenhouse gases emitted by the use of commercial airplanes. She tweeted that her vessel, named Malizia II, was anchored off Coney Island on ...

She and a sailing crew encountered rough seas on their two-week journey that delayed their arrival for a day, until the Malizia II was able to anchor opposite the famous beach resort of Coney ...

Thunberg set off from Plymouth, UK on board the Malizia II yacht on August 14. The boat is captained by Boris Herrmann, a professional race skipper, and Pierre Casiraghi, founder of the Malizia team.

But she has been offered a lift on the Malizia II racing yacht ... The paper estimated that in fact Thunberg's boat trip would end up being more polluting than if she and her companions had ...

The Malizia II caught the wind mid-afternoon Wednesday and the sleek sailboat sped away from Plymouth on its two-week journey. The16-year-old activist is hitching a ride on the high-tech yacht to ...

The 16-year-old Swedish schoolgirl, who set sail from Plymouth, England, on Aug. 14, was greeted by cheers, chants and singing as her silver sailboat, the Malitzia II, cruised past the Statue of ...

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To avoid traveling by air, Thunberg is making her trans-Atlantic trip on board the 60-ft yacht, the Malizia II, fitted with solar panels and underwater turbines that produce electricity onboard ...