A discarded, tangled net in the Pacific Ocean. Photograph: @sea.marshall
It is difficult to look at, but the determination of this man to understand, and help us understand, this otherwise invisible impact of waste is inspiring. He could be sailing and adventuring anywhere, but chose here for a purpose. Whatever the opposite of “out of sight, out of mind” may be, he lends it credibility:
Paddling in plastic: meet the man swimming the Pacific garbage patch
Ben Lecomte is making a trans-Pacific journey to better understand how plastics pollution is affecting our oceans
We thank him for his effort and the reminder:
Ben Lecomte is swimming through the gyre known as the Pacific trash vortex. Photograph: @osleston
Ben Lecomte is spending his summer swimming in trash – literally. So far, he’s found toothbrushes, laundry baskets, sandbox shovels and beer crates floating out in the open waters of the Pacific Ocean.
The 52-year-old Frenchman is journeying from Hawaii to San Francisco via the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to better understand how plastic is affecting our oceans. He will swim a total of 300 nautical miles, intermittently travelling by sailboat with a crew of 10 the rest of the way. Continue reading
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