Solvin Zankl / Sargasso weed (Sargassum fluitans) with Pugnose Pipefish (Syngnathus pelagicus). Sargasso Sea, Bermuda.

Solvin Zankl / Common sargasso weed (Sargassum natans) from underwater, Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

Solvin Zankl / By-the-wind sailor (Velella velella) colony from underneath Sargasso Sea, Bermuda.

Solvin Zankl / Crew attending to sails on mast of a sailing boat, Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

Solvin Zankl / Common sargasso weed (Sargassum natans) on graph paper during scientific research. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda

Solvin Zankl / Photographer Solvin Zankl steering tall ship Corwith Cramer 134-foot steel brigantine in use as a research vessel. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda. April 2014.

Solvin Zankl / Students investigating micro plastics in marine samples, in the lab of the tall ship Corwith Cramer. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda. April 2014.

Solvin Zankl / Students investigating micro plastics in marine samples, in the lab of the tall ship Corwith Cramer. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda. April 2014.

Solvin Zankl / Student with vial of micro plastics from marine samples, in the lab of the tall ship Corwith Cramer. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda. April 2014.

Solvin Zankl / Sargasso Weed (Sargassum fluitans) and Corwith Cramer, a 134-foot steel brigantine, split level view, Sargasso Sea, Bermuda, April 2014.

Solvin Zankl / Corwith Cramer, a 134-foot steel brigantine, Sargasso Sea, Bermuda, April 2014.

Solvin Zankl / Scientists lowering plankton net to investigate marine microplastics, from Corwith Cramer, a 134-foot steel brigantine. Sargasso Sea, Bermuda, April 2014.