Marcus Eriksen wanted to draw attention to a problem no one could see. So he sailed into the middle of it.
Marcus Erikson and Joel Paschal
Learn more about Marcus’ conservation work here:
-
- Adding additional pontoons of plastic bottles to the Junk raft. Initial test launch.
-
- Junk raft’s maiden test voyage to the Catalina Channel. L-R: Joel Paschal, Marcus Eriksen, Anna Cummings.
-
- With gale force winds approaching, the Junk raft finds refuge in a cove off San Nicholas Island. Joel and Marcus prepare for their first night alone without their escort, the Alguita.
-
- Junk raft
-
- Plastic from the belly of a fish out in the Pacific.
-
- Junk raft — made of 15,000 plastic bottles and other discarded materials — arrives at Ala Wai, Oahu from 87 day voyage, 2,600 miles, across the Pacific.
![Plastics Waste in Our Oceans [INFOGRAPHIC]](https://www.reusethisbag.com/articles/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/PLASTIC_OCEAN.png)
Music Credits
Red Shore by Artem Bemba is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License
Clay Pawn Shop by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License
Bom Jardim (ID 716) by Lobo Loco is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License
Warm Fingers by Blue Dot Sessions is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License
Run by Kai Engel is licensed under an Attribution License
Gravity by Borrtex is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License
Road Trip by Borrtex is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License
Thank You For This World by Borrtex is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License
Warm Feeling by Borrtex is licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial License