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Brian Black Memorial Award winner

Sophie Dingwall has been named the winner of the inaugural Brian Black Memorial Award.

Her article, Polluted Paradise, examined ocean plastic pollution and its devastating effects on Caribbean island communities.

While the competition initially focused on Europe and the Arctic, the judges, including sailors Mike Golding

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