A big part of the Pacific Ocean is choking on a huge sea of plastic garbage. Some scientists think it's as large as the United States, but almost no one noticed it until 1997. Then, an adventurer named Charles Moore made a shocking discovery, and scientists learned the ugly truth.
่่Moore was the captain of a sailboat that had just completed a race. He planned to sail home from Hawaii to California. The usual route went south, then east. The winds are strong there, and boats move quickly. Moore, however, was not in a hurry. He decided to sail directly east - a show route with weak winds. This region gets few visitors, so Moore was sailing into almost unknown waters.