Maritime Awards Society of Canada

Rubbish in the Pacific

In a remote patch of the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of miles from any national boundary, the detritus of human life is collecting in a swirling current so large that it defies precise measurement.

See the New York Times photostream (Mario Aguilera/Associated Press) here and the article “Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash” by Lindsey Hoshaw.

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November 10, 2009 at 11:26 am Comments (0)