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Man begins six-month swim through 'Great Pacific garbage patch'

Man begins six-month swim through 'Great Pacific garbage patch'

Ben Lecomte plans to swim from Japan to US to raise awareness of plastic pollution.

To raise awareness for climate change, 50-year-old makes bid to swim across Pacific
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To raise awareness for climate change, 50-year-old makes bid to swim across Pacific

Ben Lecomte is the first person to try to swim across the Pacific Ocean. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to him from Choshi, Japan, before he departs to attempt the 5,500-mile journey.
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