2011年3月29日 · In 1992, 28,800 rubber ducks were lost at sea. What happened to them is the subject of Donovan Hohn's book Moby-Duck.

On 10 January 1992, during a storm in the North Pacific Ocean close to the International Date Line, twelve 40-foot (12-m) intermodal containers were washed overboard. One of these containers held 28,800 Floatees, [2][3] a child's bath toy which came in a number of forms: red beavers, green frogs, blue turtles and yellow ducks.

2021年1月13日 · The less than favorable maneuver saw several shipping containers unceremoniously dumped into the waters, one of which contained a consignment of 28,800 bath toys. The toys were plastic-wrapped on...

The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them. Some of the ducks, says Hohn, made their way to the coast of Gore Point, Alaska, a remote isthmus at

2024年6月14日 · The story of these rubber duckies lost at sea garnered international attention when the plastic toys began appearing on shores all around the world. They were recently brought back to attention in the last few years with the release of Donovan Hohn’s book Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea .

2 天之前 · In 1992, a shipping container filled with 28,800 rubber ducks and other bath toys fell into the Pacific Ocean, sparking an accidental but groundbreaking experiment in oceanography. Over the next several years, these bright yellow ducks traveled thousands of miles, washing up on beaches across the world. ... These little ducks, lost at sea, have ...

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...

2011年3月29日 · In 1992, 28,800 rubber ducks were lost at sea. What happened to them is the subject of Donovan Hohn's book Moby-Duck . 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 ...

2011年3月3日 · Whimsical curiosity begets a quixotic odyssey and troubling revelations about plastics polluting the seas in former high school teacher and journalist Hohn's charming account of what he learned searching for 28,800 rubber bath toys lost at sea in 1992.

2012年2月28日 · A surprisingly wonderful well researched book about a crate of rubber ducks, frogs and others that were lost at sea and have circumnavigated the globe. A lot of information about ocean currents and tides.