North Pacific Gyre

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
29°41.70N
56°25.84W
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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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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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Positon:
21 28 74 North
63 35 21 West
The crew of the Sea Dragon are now on our third day of research, having left the USVI on the 9th.  We are trawling for marine debris every six or so hours, and the nets are deployed for 2 hours.  It… 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

We truly respect Chris Jordan’s work, both because it carries an environmental and a social message. Jordan recently spent some time on Midway Atoll to document the real problems of the North Pacific Gyre. This photo gallery features some of that work.
NOTE: these pictures of dead albatross chicks are… Read the rest

Charles Moore, founder of the Algalita Marine Research Foundation, discovered the North Pacific Gyre in 1997. Here you’ll find Algalita crew member Anna Cummins’ account of her trip to the North Pacific Gyre. Originally printed in Wend Volume 3 Issue 4, “Sailing the Synthetic Sea” is the only first-hand account … Read the rest

In an era of mass consumption, photographer Chris Jordan’s work carries many messages, from social to environmental. Stuck as a corporate lawyer, Jordan was in search of more fulfilling work when he took a simple photograph of garbage. Activist friends told him the photo “had relevance” and soon Jordan was… Read the rest

Plastics are destroying our oceans, and yet it has taken a long time to get communities and governments to commit to working towards gleaning us off of our plastic dependency. To expose the issue on large scale, a team of Algalita Marine Research Foundation staff set sail last year from… Read the rest