Re: [Paddlewise] Pacific Gyre's bobbing boobs

"Sailing the seas of trash"

"The trash was found in a patch of ocean called the North Pacific Gyre 
where the currents can trap floating debris for years."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/06/eveningnews/main591770.shtml


skimmer wrote:

>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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