Research voyage collects huge sampling of debris

The West Coast-to-Hawaii expedition's goal is to help people understand how man-made junk affects the ecosystem

By Gary T. Kubota

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 10, 2012

~~<p>A marine education vessel picked up more 70,000 pieces of plastic on a 39-day voyage from San Diego to Hawaii and also netted possible tsunami debris like a floating refrigerator.</p>
<p>The twin-masted brigantine SSV Robert C. Seamans crossed about 2,500 miles with a group of researchers studying concentrations of plastic in the Pacific and how these pieces of plastic affect marine organisms.</p>
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A marine education vessel picked up more 70,000 pieces of plastic on a 39-day voyage from San Diego to Hawaii and also netted possible tsunami debris like a floating refrigerator.

The twin-masted brigantine SSV Robert C. Seamans crossed about 2,500 miles with a group of researchers studying concentrations of plastic in the Pacific and how these pieces of plastic affect marine organisms. Login for more...