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Aerial Expedition visual survey crew in surveying position (side)
Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
Lead Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton logging data aboard the Ocean Force One during the Aerial Expedition, 2016.
Aerial Expedition mission patch
Aerial Expedition safety training

Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Aerial Expedition safety training
Aerial Expedition safety training
Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
Aerial Expedition safety training
Aerial Expedition safety training
Ocean Force One
Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
Visual survey cockpit crew on the Aerial Expedition with Julia Reisser, Oceanographer, on the right
Aerial expedition briefing by Julia Reisser, Oceanographer
Sensor equipment; a CZMIL system which uses LiDAR to create a 3D-image of the ghost nets (left), and a SASI hyperspectral SWIR imaging system, which uses an infrared camera to detect ocean plastic (right).
Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition briefing
Ocean Force One arriving at Moffett Airfield, Mountain View, California
Ocean Force One
Ocean Force One tail sticker (close up)
Boyan Slat in front of Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
A selection of large objects observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
The Ocean Cleanup Aerial Expedition crew
Aerial view of a ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Ocean debris concentration as observed in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch during the Aerial Expedition
Visual survey data logging by Aerial Expedition crew
The Ocean Cleanup team and Aerial Expedition crew
Multiple debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, spotted during Aerial Expedition flight number 1 by Chandra Salgado Kent from port side of Ocean Force One
Aerial view of a Ghost net in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Boyan Slat next to Ocean Force One at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California

Aerial Expedition Various Footage
10min00 1,7 GB
Aerial Expedition Press Conference at Mofett Airfield
12min42 1,8 GB

Sorting plastic
Foto by fotograaf

System 001 launched into the Seaplane Lagoon, August 2018
System 001 launched into the Seaplane Lagoon, August 2018
Stabilizer frames assembled onto System 001, in Seaplane Lagoon, Alameda, August 2018
Stabilizer frames assembled onto System 001, in Seaplane Lagoon, Alameda, August 2018
Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.

Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
Last screen sections being assembled onto System 001 at Alameda assembly yard, August 2018
Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
Tow test of a 120-meter section of System 001, outside the coast of San Francisco, May-June 2018.
Tow test unit being deployed in the Seaplane Lagoon, May 2018
Boyan Slat being interviewed by media on the Alameda assembly yard, April 2018
Boyan Slat at the assembly yard in Alameda, April 2018
Screen assembly at System 001, April 2018
First floater sections being welded together at the Alameda assembly yard, April 2018
First floater sections arriving at the assembly yard in Alameda, March 2018
Sign at the entrance of the Alameda assembly yard
Alameda assembly yard location, 2018

The Ocean Cleanup System 001 assembly nearing completion, Alameda CA, USA
2min11 2,9 GB
Aerial Footage of Assembly in progress, Alameda CA, USA
0min34 487,9 MB
Tow Test Aerial Footage, 120-meter section
1min17 1,1 GB
Starting Assembly of System 001, Alameda CA, USA
1min42 1,4 GB

Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr fully deployed above the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
Sunset aboard one of the 30 Mega Expedition vessels, 2015.
Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr crew pulling a ghost net from the Pacific Ocean, 2015.
Discarded fishing gear floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
A floating debris too large to enter a Manta Trawl, the conventional surface sampling device method, 2015. Credits: Chloé Dubois

Ghost net lifted aboard the Mega Expedition mothership R/V Ocean Starr, 2015.
Large debris stored on the deck of the Mega Expedition mothership, 2015.
A plastic crate floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, 2015.
A styrofoam buoy retrieved during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
Plastic samples collected during the Mega Expedition, 2015.
Plastic samples collected during The Ocean Cleanup’s Mega Expedition, 2015.
Ocean Force One's arrival at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California
Lead Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton logging data aboard the Ocean Force One during the Aerial Expedition, 2016.

Modeled mass concentration of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Plastic mass distribution within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch between size (bars) and type (colours) classes.
Measured mass and numerical concentrations of plastic in the Great pacific Garbage Patch.
Field monitoring effort. Vessel (grey and dark blue lines) and aircraft tracks (light blue lines) and locations where data on buoyant ocean plastic concentrations were collected (circles)
Decadal evolution of microplastic concentration in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Illustration
Plastic debris degradation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Illustration
1.8 trillion pieces of plastic - Illustration (gif)
1.6 million square kilometers, three times the size of France - Illustration (gif)
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Numbers - Infographic

Boyan Slat, Founder & CEO - The story behind the new results on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
7min28 6,1 GB
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Animation by in60seonds
2min41 235,3 MB
Laurent Lebreton, Lead Oceanographer - About this research
2min32 2 GB
Various footage of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch research - Mega Expedition, Aerial Expedition, Laboratory
5min59 4,9 GB

Boyan Slat - The Next Phase - May 11th
Boyan Slat sits in a floater segment of the first cleanup system on the assembly yard, April 2018.
Boyan Slat speaking at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
Boyan Slat at the Aerial Expedition press event at Moffett Airfield in Mountain View, California on October 3, 2016
Boyan Slat in a fireside chat with Hege Marie Norheim at the ONS conference in Norway, August 31, 2016. Photo by Morten Berentsen.

Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
Boyan Slat with macroplastics at The Ocean Cleanup office. Photo by Yuri van Geenen.
Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
Boyan Slat in front of demo model of prototype barrier during prototype release event in Scheveningen harbor, The Netherlands on June 22, 2016.
Boyan Slat at The Ocean Cleanup office, 2016.
Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.

Boyan Slat at the Seoul Digital Forum, May 20, 2015.
The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, aerial view. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, Tow-out. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, close-up. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, system with support vessel. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, aerial side view. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, support vessel. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup computer rendering, top view. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup

The Ocean Cleanup - Computer renderings. Credits: Erwin Zwart / The Ocean Cleanup
1min41 2,1 GB

Inspection of the North Sea prototype floater, August 2017.
Inspection of the North Sea prototype floater, August 2017.
Final assembly of the North Sea prototype, August 2017.
The North Sea prototype assembled, ready for installation, August 2017.
The North Sea prototype assembled, ready for installation, August 2017.

First test segment of the North Sea prototype succesfully installed, August 2017.
Deployment of the North Sea prototype in progress, August 2017.
Connecting the North Sea prototype to the mooring lines, August 2017.
Loading the North Sea prototype onto deployment vessel, August 2017.
Loading the North Sea prototype onto deployment vessel, August 2017.
Overboarding the North Sea Prototype, August 2017.
Overboarding the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
Installation of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
Installation of the second test segment of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
Aerial view of the complete setup of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
Aerial view of the installation of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
Overboarding the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
Installation of the second test segment of the North Sea prototype, September 2017.
The North Sea prototype fully deployed, September 2017.

North Sea prototype inspection and assembly
1min30 2 GB
North Sea prototype offshore installation
1min52 2,5 GB
Engineering and R&D at The Ocean Cleanup HQ
1min06 1,5 GB

The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP

The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years.
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
The Ocean Cleanup Announces Pacific Cleanup to Start in 2018 Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years.
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP
UTRECHT, THE NETHERLANDS, May 11, 2017 – The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, today announced it will start extracting plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months. The Ocean Cleanup further announced that parts of its first cleanup system are already in production. Thanks to an improved design, The Ocean Cleanup has increased the efficiency of the system, allowing for the cleanup of half the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in just 5 years. Photo: Pierre AUGIER for The OCEAN CLEANUP

Pacific Cleanup set to start in 2018 - Boyan Slat - Full version
30min08 3,4 GB
Pacific Cleanup set to start in 2018 - Boyan Slat - 5min highlights
5min57 1,3 GB

2D model tests at Deltares, Delft (NL)
2D model tests at Deltares, Delft (NL)
2D model tests at Deltares, Delft (NL)
3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)

3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)
3D model tests at Marin, Wageningen (NL)