The team recently completed the first ever dedicated look at the South Atlantic Gyre for Plastic. While Sea Dragon skirted the northern edge, the evidence was unmistakable- plastic in the Gyre. Our just completed Jaseur Bank dive expedition down the Coast of Brazil only confirmed the same, plastic debris in these waters as well (not to mention a simple look into the Rio harbor and estuary)
The BBC just ran a series of audio reports from the team, in transit to Ascension. Good listening…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/v1qtn/