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The first time I heard it was in a TV ad. In announcing there was nothing to do, but first it was fun. He explained that once a container ship lost 30,000 rubber ducks in the middle of the ocean and those that had been floating ducks following the currents to reach a secluded beach.
It all started on 10 January 1992. A storm caused a ship from Hong Kong and directed the United States lost three containers full of toys manufactured in China. There were only yellow rubber ducks. There were blue turtles, red beavers zim tracking and green frogs. And the exact number zim tracking was 28,800, distributed in proportions of 35% of ducks, turtles 18%, 21% and 26% of frogs beavers. The incident occurred at 44.7 N, 178.1 E, where practically the size line DST parallel 45.
And a few months later, in September, it appeared first ducks on the coast of Alaska. At 2,200 miles away. This came to the ears of Curtis Ebbesmeyer, an oceanographer studying ocean currents and floating debris realized that those were a great way to check their computer models. Was recently working on a system called zim tracking Dark for Ocean Surface Simulator curry and began to assemble a system to gather information about the paths they followed.
It was quite an opportunity because until then they did was throw bottles with messages into the sea. The message asked to report the find, but on average only gets 2% of the objects. zim tracking That once he'd identified was almost thirty thousand a gift of fate!
Little by little it was gathering information on the places where they found toys. Have appeared in Japan, Hawaii, Australia and South America. Now it is clear that the circular path followed most, circling the north side of the Pacific. Many have already completed the circular route four or five times. But some have used a more complicated way.
Have gone northwards towards Behring Strait. There may have been trapped zim tracking between the ice blocks and have been slowly moving up the Atlantic Ocean. Then, down to warmer latitudes and freed from ice reached the east coast of the United States and even in 2003 was located first in Scotland and is expected to soon reach some England.
Grace durability that is made of plastic but against what is usual, these ducks had no hole, so keep floating for years and years. zim tracking Another curious detail zim tracking is that the ducks and beavers have lost color (yellow and red) originals. Now you are white. In contrast, blue turtles and green frogs keep color as the first day.
Further. In 2004 there was an exhibition of "Beachcombers" (garbage pickers at the beach) and 111 toys were collected in Alaska, which maintained the original proportions between ducks, turtles, zim tracking beavers and frogs.
Finally, the data obtained from the trajectories of toys help to understand what happens to the sea. There is a huge area full of floating debris in the North Pacific. It is inside the circular path that make marine zim tracking currents have shown that the toys. There are a large number of floating garbage dumped from ships. We talked about tons and tons of trash. And every year we lose ten thousand containers!
But do not think the ducks and colleagues is a unique case. Similar works have been taking advantage of other accidents that spilled thousands of Nike shoes, tennis balls or hockey gloves.
Light. zim tracking Well guess what holds more pigment. The reds are always the first to disappear in general. Even in ancient times. CARQUINYOLIS. You never know what the future holds! anna. Well now you know. To look for the beach! ;-) 02/08/08 11:44
What is curious is that Goofy rubber have been manufactured in China, to cross the entire ocean containers end up in the hands of an American baby. Look what we complicate! (Market laws ..) A fascinating story Dan! 08/02/08 12:09
From this it spoke of a man of the Marine Technology Unit, which came during the week to talk about the science zim tracking of the technique applied zim tracking to the investigation zim tracking of the sea and of course also in relation to climate change, star theme. We were told at first that had thrown bottles and found a head in 1998 had been launched at the beginning of the century ... fascinating! But now used GPS buoys sinking and left alone on the surface to control both the surface and underwater currents. Images of hundreds zim tracking of