The Atlantic Gyre           

An area of plastic debris was first observed in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early 1970s, but in recent years, a similar area of plastic debris in the Pacific Ocean has received the most media attention. Sea Education Association (SEA) in America has been studying both debris fields – in the North Atlantic for the past 25 years and in the North Pacific the past eight.

Sea Education Association (SEA) conducted the first U.S. federally-funded research expedition dedicated solely to examining the accumulation of plastic debris in the North Atlantic Ocean. Beginning on June 10, 2010, the Plastics at SEA: North Atlantic Expedition expanded upon 25 years’ worth of data previously collected by SEA that reveals a region of extensive plastic pollution in a narrow latitude band in the western North Atlantic Ocean.

The expedition followed a 3,800 nautical mile saw-toothed cruise track extending more than 1,000 nautical miles east of Bermuda.

For the Full Fascinating Story please go to www.sea.edu/plastics/index.htm