Over the course of 48 days, an expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch managed to haul an astonishing 103 tons of plastic from the ocean.
The mission was run by Ocean Voyages Institute, a non-profit founded in 1979 to help preserve the world’s oceans.This remote area of the Pacific Ocean, located between California and Hawaii, is a swirling vortex that corrals and traps an astonishing amount of trash.
A record amount of plastic has been recovered from the largest ever ocean clean-up. Picture: Ocean Voyages Institute/Cover Media Sadly, the crew found numerous turtle skeletons tangled in the nets, which shows the real-life consequences of these careless actions.
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