Profile: Conservation International

Each turtle was sponsored by participating companies such as Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream, GITI Tire, Plantronics, Travelocity, West Marine and Yahoo, which hosted the race online at www.greatturtlerace.com.

Companies paid $25,000 to sponsor a turtle. The money paid for satellite tags that tracked the progress of the turtles and also was put into a fund to protect the turtles’ nesting beach.