Rubber Ducky, You’re the One
Critters’ Journey a Lesson in Currents”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5445-2003Aug30.html
bq. Back in 1992, a violent storm tossed 20 containers of rubber duckies off the back of a cargo ship halfway between China and Seattle, and they were quickly presumed lost at sea. Instead, it appears the castaways embarked on an epic 11-year swim across three oceans and half the globe.
A couple of researchers have taken the opportunity, and are using duck sightings to update their computer models. Cool!
[ Title and link shamelessly swiped from Brian Dickson. ]
posted at 11:51 am on Sunday, August 31, 2003 in Odd | Comments (1)
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Just shows that scientific experiments can be conducted with a minimum of resources — and lots of creativity & pragmatism.