Ben Lecomte seeks to swim across the Pacific Ocean in the name of research and sustainability; research teams collect data on everything from plastics to singing whales; how long-distance swimming affects Ben's body and mind.
With a torn sail, no dinghy and provisions running low, the Seeker's crew have to make the hardest choice of the entire expedition: that it's time to come home.
Despite their grueling trial, broken sails don't mean broken spirits for Ben and his team as remain committed to raising awareness about the ocean plastic crisis.
Ben and his crew have found an unfathomable amount of plastic pollution floating in the ocean; as they start to sail closer to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it becomes even more apparent how bad things have become and how much work there is to do.
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch impacts marine life and human health, and it is incredibly hard to study.
