Plastic ocean : how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans / Capt. Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillips.

Plastic ocean : how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans / Capt. Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillips.

By
: 
Moore, Charles, 1947-

Publication Date
: 
2011-2012

Publication Information
: 
New York : Avery,

Physical Description
: 
x, 374 p. : col. ill.

Subject Term
: 
Waste disposal in the ocean.
 
Plastic marine debris.
 
Marine pollution.
 
Plastic scrap -- Environmental aspects.

Additional Contributors
: 
Phillips, Cassandra.

Bibliography Note
: 
Includes bibliographical references (p. [362]-366) and index.

Summary
: 
Documents the author's 1997 short-cut voyage through the seldom-traversed North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, where he discovered the planet's largest garbage dump and resolved to raise awareness about the toxic impact of plastic waste in the world's oceans.

Language
: 
English

ISBN
: 
9781583335017


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