north pacific garbage patch

I’m finally back on Terra Firma, and it’s much easier to share some of the media I shot/recorded from my 3,000 nautical mile expedition to study marine debris in the North Atlantic Gyre.  Pictured above is full bag of plastic garbage collected about 300 miles SE of Bermuda, one of… Read the rest

I’m back on land in Bermuda after the Sea Dragon successfully dodged a nasty low pressure system that hit us late Sunday night.  I’m currently holed up in a tavern in Bermuda poaching some Wi-Fi and I thought I’d share some photos from the trip.  So far, the science goals… Read the rest

Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
This is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite.… Read the rest

Wend magazine Editor-in-Chief and Surfrider Foundation Ambassador Stiv Wilson is on a sailboat with Dr. Marcus Eriksen of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation on an environmental research mission to explore plastic in the Sargasso Sea.
Here is his latest update, sent to Wend HQ via satellite:… Read the rest
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After a fairly gnarly 24 hours of travel I have arrived in the US Virgin Islands and have met up with my crew for the Sargasso Sea marine debris expedition. The lead scientists on the project are Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Anna Cummins from Algalita Marine Research Foundation and Livable… Read the rest

In the outdoor world, many brands are incorporating recycled materials into both hard and soft goods, a trend that we here at Wend HQ applaud.  But in the case of recycled plastic bottles, or as it’s called in the industry, recycled PET, are we simply creating another commodities market that… Read the rest