The Great Pacific Race aids in data collection

Plastic marine debris collected in the Pacific Ocean. Image courtesy of Project Kaisei.

The Great Pacific Race — a 2,400-mile adventure that started in Monterey, California, and ended almost two months later in Honolulu — support boat Captain Rod Mayer took water samples at various points along the course as directed by the University of Hawai‘i and Project Kaisei, contributing to the study of the effects of Fukushima Disaster radiation. These samples were delivered to Geology and Geophysics (G&G) assistant professor Henrietta Dulaiova. Since 2009, Project Kaisei/Ocean Voyages Institute has also been a source of information for senior researcher Nikolai Maximenko and scientific computer programmer Jan Hafner of the International Pacific Research Center (IPRC), particularly regarding tsunami debris distribution.

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