25.13N, 153.56E May 14th The New Reef “Net ball!” Hank yelled. It turns out to be a 500lb ball of netting, rope and line from over 80 sources, all different, and fragments of commercial products, including 3 toothbushes, 1 cigarette lighter and two plastic straws. The bulk of these, and […]
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Update from the Sea Dragon’s crew-What does a garbage patch look like?
Today the Expedition crew encountered some big plastic garbage northwest of the the Marshalls (click here to see the position of where it was found– zoom out to get landmass context) These pictures just came through on email from our team at sea just a few moments ago (15:04 PST) […]
Read MoreFISH ON! Wahoo! No Plastic in Her Stomach
“Fish on!” Hank yells. I can hear it through the small window that divides my bunk, where I was sleeping, to the back deck, where Hank, Tyler and Shanlee are gathered to reel in our first catch of the trip. “It’s a tuna…no…a Wahoo,” Shanlee says with excitement. She’s recently […]
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