How Much Debris Litters Alaska’s Beaches? | Alaska Public Media

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Gulf of Alaska Keeper was already in the trash business, picking up old fishing gear, when the 2011 tsunami swept away miles of buildings, docks, vehicles, contents of dumps, tanks, and other materials along the coast of Japan and sent much of it floating across the Pacific. The organization knew where it was most likely to hit. And it did, says Keeper President Chris Pallister.“A tremendous amount of trash,” Pallister said. “Some of our outer coastline beaches that are hard on the Gulf of Ala
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How Much Debris Litters Alaska’s Beaches? | Alaska Public Media
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Gulf of Alaska Keeper was already in the trash business, picking up old fishing gear, when the 2011 tsunami swept away miles of buildings, docks, vehicles, contents of dumps, tanks, and other materials along the coast of Japan and sent much of it floating across the Pacific. The organization knew where it was most likely to hit. And it did, says Keeper President Chris Pallister.“A tremendous amount of trash,” Pallister said. “Some of our outer coastline beaches that are hard on the Gulf of Ala
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