All-female crew set for Pacific plastic pollution voyage

All-female crew set for Pacific plastic pollution voyage

An all-female crew is set to embark on a mission across the Pacific to learn more about plastic pollution.

The eXXpedition North Pacific voyage will cross the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, densest ocean plastic zone on the planet.

With a range of skills, the team on the research vessel Sea Dragon will journey more than 3,000 nautical miles, studying micro-plastics and links to...