north pacific ocean

Dutch student Boyan Slat always loved inventing. A visit to the oceans of Greece inspired his greatest invention ever. Why were there more plastic bags than fish? How could he save the sea? Learn more about Boyan's Great Pacific Garbage Patch project; The Ocean Cleanup and his plastic cleanup invention, System 001; and the challenges behind removing trash from our oceans and rivers.

Provides detailed descriptions of each species as well as an introduction to the classification of cetaceans.

In June 1942, Japanese troops occupied the Aleutian islands of Attu and Kiska in Alaska, the first enemy occupation of U.S. territory since the War of 1812. For the next year Canadian and American soldiers, airmen, and sailors went north to hold the Japanese back. In the meantime Japanese subs lurking off the West Coast sunk ships, shelled the coast of British Columbia, launched an airplane from a sub that bombed Oregon's forests, and tried to use balloon-bombs that would cross the Pacific to North America. This is the complete story of how World War II affected people in British Columbia, California, Oregon, the State of Washington, and Alaska.