"One of my favourite days was swimming with a pod of whales while in the centre of the garbage patch. Sadly, we also pulled our largest collection of microplastics up to this point on that day. It is sad to see these creatures swimming through an area of such high concentrations of plastic and the effect it must be having on them." Ben Lecomte @thevortexswim ⠀ #movetonatural #plasticpollution #plasticfreejuly #benlecomtetheswim #pacificoceanswim #loveyourocean #greatpacificgarbagepatch #plastic #plasticfree #citizenscience #swim #gpgp #oceanhealth #oceanconservation #breakfreefromplastic #cleanup #jointheswim #plastisphere #nature #expedition #trashtag #4ocean