How about a cruise to track bottles, caps and plastic toys floating in the sea? An association of marine pollution control provides "environmental adventures" to follow the trail of debris left by the tsunami in Japan.
As of May 1, 2012, Sea Dragon, a yacht of 22 meters in length, sail for two months in the northern Pacific Ocean amid the debris left by the tsunami that struck Japan in March 2011 announced organizers on Wednesday in a statement.
The cruise is organized by The 5 gyres Algalita Institute and the Marine Research Institute, two California-based organizations that fight against marine pollution by plastic.
"We will continue the same currents that carry disposable lighters, bottle caps, toys and all kinds of plastic pollution generated by the tsunami," said expedition leader Marcus Eriksen.
There are nine seats available on the ship, which will make the trip in two stages. The first (a $ 13,500 per person) will come out of the Marshall Islands in the North Pacific area called the "great Pacific garbage dump." The second ($ 15,500) will go from Japan to Hawaii and will cross the area known as "field of Japanese tsunami trash."
Participants will assist in navigation and in the presence of residues.
"It is interesting to understand the rate at which they move the plastic waste, the rate of decomposition, the impact on flora and fauna and whether or not I carry invasive species," say the organizers.
In June, the French environmental group Robin Hood said the tsunami that followed the magnitude 9 earthquake in Japan produced a total waste-between cars, planes, tanks, chemicals, and others, estimated at 25 million tons, which will adrift for ten years and caused enormous damage to the marine environment.
Source:glovovision
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