Re: [Paddlewise] Pacific Gyre's bobbing boobs

From: Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 09:21:13 -0800
   There was an article in the local paper about an area of the Pacific
Ocean that traps lots of plastic items. Not exactly a Bermuda triangle,
but more like a gigantic floating trash can.

BRC

Quoting skimmer <skimmer_at_enter.net>:

> In the Atlantic, we have the Sargasso Sea. Is there a similar Gyre
> in the north Pacific where floating debris accumulates for endless
> decades? I have heard comments from trans-pacific sailors about
> the endless miles of floating junk they have encountered.
>
> Chuck Sutherland
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