Setting out from Gangjeong Port towards the construction site.
A dead fish floats in a pile of trash and debris. The once famously clean waters of Gangjeong are being destroyed.
Although just recently made, these caissons are already falling apart, perhaps due to rough weather and poor construction.
Although just recently made, these caissons are already falling apart, perhaps due to rough weather and poor construction.
Here the silt protector which is supposed to contain pollution and debris inside the site, is completely submerged, and thus useless.
In several areas, the silt protectors are completely destroyed. As well, large sea plants are growing on areas, in violation of silt protector standards.
Here a torn silt protector hangs useless beneath the water surface.
In many areas the silt protectors were installed but never untied, thus doing nothing.
Another badly-connected, useless section of the silt protectors.
Instead of using intricate "fall pipe" systems as they claim they are doing, the construction companies continue to merely throw large stones and rubble over the side of the barges.
An empty, caisson-carrying, floating dock on its way back to get another caisson from Hwasoon Harbor.
An empty, caisson-carrying, floating dock on its way back to get another caisson from Hwasoon Harbor.
Barbed wire covers the ladder to climb up the caisson floating dock. We feel honored that they would be so afraid of us.
An empty, caisson-carrying, floating dock on its way back to get another caisson from Hwasoon Harbor.
The outline of Halla Mounting is seen behind the construction site. Jeju islanders say that Jeju is a grandmother lying down, with peek of Halla Mountain her face.
Suddenly we found a watermelon floating in the ocean! mmm... delicious!
On May 31st, the SOS (Save Our Seas) Ocean team went to the sea as they do at least weekly to monitor the construction and protest. As usually, simple environmental regulations were being ignored, and sea was a disgusting mess of pollution and construction.
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