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Russian Trash Awash on Bering Strait Beaches

  • Writer: Norton Bay Watershed Council
    Norton Bay Watershed Council
  • Sep 3, 2020
  • 1 min read

September 3, 2020

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An unusually high amount of plastic, often printed with Russian labels, is washing up in Alaska’s Bering Strait. Coming in waves, it appears to be “consistent with a point-source release, a bunch of stuff going into the ocean at one time,” according to Peter Murphy, Alaska Coordinator for NOAA’s Marine Debris Program.

photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife

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