Back when I started this blog, I was following the “Junk” raft across the Pacific Ocean.
They have finally put this video together of their trip:
In the Spring of 2008 three marine scientist built a raft from 15,000 plastic bottles, 30 sailboat masts, and a Cessina 310 aircraft fuselage. We launched on June 1, beginning an 88 day adventure from Long Beach, CA to Hawaii. We ran out of food, outran three hurricanes, and met a female rower in the middle of the ocean. It was an amazing adventure to bring attention to the rising plague of plastic waste in our ocean.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr5XPNdODPA&hl=en&fs=1&]
Here is Marcus Eriksen on the Martha Stewart show:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsam577Pkyo&hl=en&fs=1&]
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