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Journey Across the Arctic​

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that citizen science can change the world. In 2009, we began raising awareness about marine plastic pollution when Dr. Marcus Ericksen and Anna Cummins collected 15,000 plastic water bottles to create the JUNK RAFT, which Marcus sailed for 2,600 miles for 88 day from California to Hawaii. Since then, the organization has embarked on 17 research expeditions, covering 50,000 miles and engaging scientists around the globe.

In 2014, 5 Gyres convened eight international scientists to publish the first global estimate of plastic pollution in our oceans: 5.25 trillion particles weighing in at 269,000 tons of “plastic smog” worldwide.

For our 17th research expedition this past August, The 5 Gyres Institute traveled 1687 miles through the Canadian Arctic to collect microplastics to better understand the global distribution of the smog of plastic that plagues our seas. Accompanying 5 Gyres cofounder and Research Director Dr. Marcus Eriksen and Environmental Program Director Carolynn Box were 22 citizen scientists from five countries – filmmakers, educators, scientists, CEOs, activists, and artists.

For the first time, 5 Gyres was able to share, in real time, the adventure, including the route, photos and updates, with a global audience via our Expedition Portal set up for us by the geniuses at ZPPR. A digital journal of the expedition can be seen here.

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