Moby-Duck When 28,800 Bath Toys Are Lost At Sea

[alice wellintown]

In 1992, a cargo ship container tumbled into the North Pacific,
dumping 28,000 rubber ducks and other bath toys that were headed from
China to the U.S. Currents took them, and news reports said some may
have eventually reached Maine and other shores on the Atlantic.

Thirteen years later, journalist Donovan Hohn undertook a mission: He
wanted to track the movements of the wayward ducks, from the comfort
of his own living room.


http://www.npr.org/2011/03/29/134923863/moby-duck-when-28-800-bath-toys-are-lost-at-sea