Episode 39: Junk

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

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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.

Music Credits