Summer Rayne Oaks explores a Texas-sized sea of trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
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G Word Shorts: Plastic Oceans
Summer Rayne Oaks explores a Texas-sized sea of trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Added: May 1, 2009
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Runtime: 02:37
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