Once upon a time, a cargo of twenty-something thousand rubber duckies (and frogs, and other things) accidentally went overboard in the middle of the ocean.
Some of them drifted so far north that they froze, and then the mass of frozen things hang around for a bit until the ice finally melted and soem of the rubber adventurers then bobbed up on the beaches of eastern US. (More info see here.)
The drift path of the duckies, as indicated by the large arrows. Smaller arrows indicate the ocean currents. As expected, the oceanographers fell in love with the duckies.
When asked how a rubber ducky can survive eleven years of ocean-traveling, the company that makes them made a comment about how the duckies were made to endure the bathtime of two-year-olds which, apparently, will inflict the same amount of strain as ocean salinity levels coupled with Atlantic ocean storms coupled with being frozen in the artic circle for up to five years.
Ah the hardy ducks. Just imagine the sight: thousands of rubber duckies bobbing up and down in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
1 comment:
first of all: O_O!!!
second of all: do make sure to link Ansel to this. rubber duckies to him are like cows to victoria. or something like that. anyway, link him.
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