We went to the Gyre and almost got there

I swear we did. We left Hawaii with a basic plan of how to get to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch: Sail north into the beginning of the High, then motor East into the worst of the garbage, then take a 90′ left turn, calmly exit out of the top of the high, enter...

Video on the Great Pacific Gyre

Charles Moore is founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation. He captains the foundation’s research vessel, the Alguita, documenting the great expanses of plastic waste that now litter our oceans. He is the leading authority on the Great Pacific Gyre....