Plastic ocean : how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans / Capt. Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillips.
TITLE:
Plastic ocean : how a sea captain's chance discovery launched a determined quest to save the oceans / Capt. Charles Moore with Cassandra Phillips.
Publication Date:
2011-2012
Publication Information:
New York : Avery,
Physical Description:
x, 374 p. : col. ill.
Additional Contributors:
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
