5 Gyres - Understanding Plastic Pollution Through Exploration, Education, and Action

Day 5 in the South Atlantic: plastic everywhere

Posted on September 02, 2010

Here's the latest from crewmember Dougal, from ASR Ltd:

Changing tack for the first time after four days of close hauled sailing is interesting to say the least. The gentle and sometimes not so gentle bouncing of the Sea Dragon had comfortably nestled everything into the starboard side of the boat but now the sudden…

2009 JUNK Ride

Posted on December 29, 2009

JUNKride will follow two Algalita staff bicycling from Vancouver, Canada to Tijuana, Mexico to share 100’s of samples of the mid-Pacific Plastic soup with educators, organizations and legislators along the west coast of North America.