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The Arctic is a final garbage dump for ocean plastic

Arctic expedition

HIDDEN HEAP  A recent expedition to the Arctic found that some areas of the seemingly pristine waters, particularly around Greenland and in the Barents Sea, are littered with copious amounts of plastic debris.

© Anna Deniaud/Tara Expeditions Foundation

By Thomas Sumner

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