Styrofoamy Sea
Personal memory by Rich Blundell
1996 • Atlantic Ocean
Offshore in the Northwest Atlantic in 1996 I saw a white horizon on the surface of the sea. It was about 1/4-mile in diameter. From a distance, it looked like a field of snow. As I sailed through it I realized it was a vast floating raft of plastic made mostly of Styrofoam"Dunkin Donuts" cups.
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