Foreign trash continues to wash up on regional shores
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Gambell, Alaska, United States |
Residents across the Bering Strait have continued to report unusual amounts of foreign trash washing up on their beaches. After months of working on the models, NOAA has been able to pin the source of the debris as likely somewhere southwest of St. Lawrence Island in the Gulf of Anadyr.
Russian Sailor Cap- Found September 14, 2020, at Ivgaq, about 5 miles west of Savoonga
Photo by Tiffany Slwooko
Box with plastic bands near Emeghaq Camp on St. Lawrence Island
Photo by Sharon Campbell Aningayou