Susannah Cass - Ocean rower
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Susannah Cass, Ocean rower
Susannah is an ocean rower and explorer who takes part in extreme sea expeditions across open oceans. She uses modern navigation and safety technology to plan routes and stay safe in unpredictable conditions.
What next?
Have a go at Susannah's challenge “Technology, safety and exploration".
If you could meet Susannah, what would you ask her about this topic?
Let us know in the comments below.
Comments (4)
Is it more dangerous than fun or the other way round??
Would you recommend this job for young people who like exploring??
If I could meet Susanna I would ask her whether or not she has ever attempted doing this without modern navigation and safety technology and I believe in this day and age her answer would be no which is a good thing because this is also a wonderful argument to prove that not all modern technology is evil trying to take jobs, sometimes it’s just there purely as a safety precaution, it’s there to make sure Susanna does not get lost, it is there to make sure that Susanna is found if she does get lost or if her boat tips and she can’t flip it back around if Susanna is floating out at sea with no one around her she can be found she doesn’t have to be scared about drowning or not being saved she can know that modern technology is on her side and that she will be found. Modern technology is not out to harm us all in many cases like Susanna’s it’s there to help.
One news story I keep reading about is the tragic story of Renée Goodman, Renée was a US citizen trying to leave her home she was shot in her car by an ice agent who said “I feared for my life” he mentioned that because of Renée driving trying to make a three point turn going less than 5 km/h I do believe that sharing these new stories give young people an amazing point of view of what is happening in the world even if it does scare them, because I do feel that young people should know that the world we live in can be scary but they’re also news stories that ensure them that not everything and everyone is out to get you, ice agents are taking it too far and that is something I will standby, the Donald J Trump administration supporting this behaviour is cruel ice of killing loved ones and I live in fear for the ones I know who have immigrated to America from South Africa purely to make livable wages. I believe it is important to share these stories with the youth because these news stories are things that are happening every single day in the USA and young people should know what is going on we should be educated on what is happening in the world we should know what world we live in what world we are going to go into once we grow up the world we might even be able to change when we get the chance.
I think it's really amazing how you rowed from Portugal to Brazil, that must been really interesting. What would you say is the best experience you've had rowing? And did you want to be a rower when you were younger? And if not then what inspired you to want to row?