ORV Alguita

What do The New York Times, ABC7 and the Long Beach Post all have in common? They ALL COVERED the recent expedition to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This shows how important this is!

NOW WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE AN IMPACT!

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/samples-from-great-pacific-garbage-patch-check

Samples from Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Check! Help fund testing of unique samples collected on our 2014 Great Pacific Garbage Patch Expedition!

Click below to read today's MOST INTERNATIONALLY SHARED NYTIMES article about Captain Charles Moore's recent expedition!

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/opinion/choking-the-oceans-with-plastic.html?ref=opinion&_r=0

Choking the Oceans With Plastic The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is growing — and there is really only one way to make it shrink.

Check it out!!

ABC 7 REPORTS ON Captain Charles Moore's RECENT EXPEDITION!

http://abc7.com/news/pacific-garbage-patch-larger-than-anticipated/264762/

'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' larger than researchers anticipated A six-week expedition to check out floating trash in the Pacific Ocean returns to Southern California with some disturbing results.

Captain Charlie and his team made it back to Long Beach, CA with many media outlets greeting them at the dock! View what Charlie had to say about the voyage!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OyCFs_LRIA&feature=youtu.be&a

Captain Moore and his team return from their voyage!

JOIN US IN WELCOMING THEM BACK!!
This is a rare opportunity to meet the captain and crew, tour the research vessel, and see gyre samples before they are analyzed at the Algalita lab. There's no need to RSVP; just plan to arrive at the dock by 4:00 p.m. tomorrow.

Friday August 15; 4-5 p.m.
Los Alamitos Bay Landing
148 North Marina Drive Long Beach, CA 90803
Questions? Call (562) 598-4889

Read the FINAL blog from Captain Charlie Moore as they prepare for their arrival in Long Beach, CA TODAY!!

http://www.algalita.org/blog/?p=4341

AMRF Blog » FINAL BLOG FROM THE CREW Listen to the crew. They have now experienced the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” first hand, and it has changed them. I have been there ten times over the last 15 years. It has gotten much, much worse. I was shocked to see what was an uncommon occurrence during my first voyages—an area of concentrate…

Please view the ORV ALGUITA webpage below to see Captain Charlie Moore's CALL TO ACTION video he sent to us while out at sea!

There is also a link to DONATE on this page. We appreciate your help!
http://www.alguita.com/ #!donate/cch7

Donate to Oceanographic Research Vessel Alguita Oceanographic Research Vessel Alguita is dedicated to studying polluted ocean gyres overwhelmed with plastic debris.

Check out recent post by Cynthia Matzke while on their return to Long Beach, CA!

http://www.algalita.org/blog/?p=4330

AMRF Blog » EASTWARD TOWARD LAND By morning of day 44, our crew of six had traveled over 3000 nautical miles in the 50’ catamaran Alguita. The most noteworthy occurrence today as we traversed the waters above the Davidson Seamount was the sighting of a common dolphin so light in color, it appeared to be almost albino. Alas, the whi…

Read a special blog post from Captain Charlie Moore!

***Please donate to and/or share the following link for his Indiegogo campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/samples-from-great-pacific-garbage-patch-check

http://www.algalita.org/blog/?p=4320

AMRF Blog » HOW WE BECAME ALGALITA MARINE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION I got the sea anchors stowed and we’ve finally hit good sailing winds and are breezing home toward Long Beach at five to seven knots under main and genoa. During this summer’s voyage to the North Pacific Central Gyre we collected education samples for Katie Allen, Algalita’s wonderful purveyor of ed…

Great blog written by crew member Jesus Reyes!

http://www.algalita.org/blog/?p=4242

AMRF Blog » MAKE CHANGE HAPPEN "Today we awoke to a silent giant..."

CHECK THIS OUT!

http://youtu.be/JA6Twqnx7ME

What can live off of a rope? Check out this quick underwater clip from Algalita's July/August 2014 Expedition onboard ORV Alguita!