Badeendjes zwemmen wereld rond ...

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Op woensdag 10 september 2003 03:51 schreef Refragmental het volgende:
Tis allemaal een conspiracy van badeendjefabrikanten om meer aandacht voor hun producten te creeeren.

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Op woensdag 10 september 2003 03:45 schreef Libris het volgende:

ik begin er ook steeds minder van te geloven

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Op woensdag 10 september 2003 03:56 schreef Cosma-Shiva het volgende:

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En terecht, het is een onzinverhaal.

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Op woensdag 10 september 2003 05:00 schreef Libris het volgende:

slotje dan maar?

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Nou weer een opsteker voor de media.

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Op woensdag 1 oktober 2003 17:16 schreef NorthernStar het volgende:
Is het niet waar?

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Op woensdag 1 oktober 2003 17:18 schreef Cosma-Shiva het volgende:

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Nee, maar dat was bij aanvang al duidelijk.

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Op maandag 14 juli 2003 11:31 schreef Lelijke_Aap het volgende:
Ik ken dit verhaal, maar dan met sportschoenen.

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sportschoenen zwemmen elf jaar

Van een containerschip afdonderen en meer dan tien jaar ronddobberen op drie oceanen. Een sportschoen beleeft doorgaans minder spectaculaire avonturen. Een drijvende kolonie schoeisel -- sportschoenen, slippers, sandalen en naaldhakken -- zal een dezer dagen aanspoelen in New England aan de Amerikaanse oostkust, gebleekt en verweerd door hun wereldreis over zee. Oceanografen geven toe dat de avontuurlijke reis van de schoenen hun veel heeft geleerd over de stromingen in de wereldzeeën.

Elf jaar geleden vielen tijdens een storm 29.000 sportschoenen van een containerschip dat in China vertrokken was met bestemming Seattle. Ze begonnen hun reis in de Stille Oceaan, ter hoogte van de vijfenveertigste breedtegraad, in de buurt van de datumgrens. Via de kust van Alaska bereikten zij in 1995 de Beringstraat en vijf jaar later IJsland.

In 2001 kwamen ze in de buurt van de plaats waar de Titanic in 1912 verging.

,,Een deel dreef verder, de rest maakte een bocht en drijft richting Europa'', zegt Curtis Ebbesmeyer, een gepensioneerde oceanograaf die de reis van de sportschoenen bijhoudt. ,,Op dit moment zouden er zich enkele honderden over de kust van New England verspreid moeten hebben.''

Ebbesmeyer volgt de reis aan de hand van meldingen van aangespoelde schoenen. Volgens hem zijn ze nuttig geweest voor oceanografen die meer te weten willen komen over oppervlaktestromingen. De schoenen zorgen er misschien ook voor dat mensen zich realiseren hoeveel rotzooi elk jaar in zee terechtkomt. Zo'n 10.000 containers vallen jaarlijks van schepen. Containerschepen vervoeren 95 procent van de goederen in de wereld. De containers worden steeds hoger gestapeld. Het zijn niet altijd sportschoenen: een derde bevat schadelijke materialen.

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Op donderdag 2 oktober 2003 02:23 schreef aragorntje het volgende:

Elf jaar geleden vielen tijdens een storm 29.000 sportschoenen van een containerschip dat in China vertrokken was met bestemming Seattle. Ze begonnen hun reis in de Stille Oceaan, ter hoogte van de vijfenveertigste breedtegraad, in de buurt van de datumgrens. Via de kust van Alaska bereikten zij in 1995 de Beringstraat en vijf jaar later IJsland.

In 2001 kwamen ze in de buurt van de plaats waar de Titanic in 1912 verging.

,,Een deel dreef verder, de rest maakte een bocht en drijft richting Europa'', zegt Curtis Ebbesmeyer, een gepensioneerde oceanograaf die de reis van de sportschoenen bijhoudt. ,,Op dit moment zouden er zich enkele honderden over de kust van New England verspreid moeten hebben.''

Ebbesmeyer volgt de reis aan de hand van meldingen van aangespoelde schoenen.

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Google voor de grap eens op Duckie Race, is al jaren een spelletje

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Op donderdag 2 oktober 2003 11:09 schreef Rio het volgende:
Wel een hoop posts voor een hoax.

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Ik hoop dat mensen die alles zomaar geloven wat in de media verschijnt (bv 2-jarige die zich in leven houdt met mosterd of de zoveelste Al Qaeda dreiging danwel de man die een raketwerper de VS binnensmokkelt etc.) mede door berichten als deze willen inzien dat beweringen gedaan door derden niet eens echt nagetrokken worden en het voorliegen van het publiek aan de orde van de dag is (in geval van de badeenden is dat niet zo'n ramp natuurlijk).

Maar wie weet spoelen ze alsnog aan, laten we dit topic svp niet nu al dichtgooien.

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Category: Lost at Sea

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i pre-purchased a chinese rubber duck in 1995 and have been waiting for its arrival. the company says its on its way and recently claim i could pick it up on a beach in new england any day now.

they recommended this site as a possible means of delivery from the beach to my home, saying that once my rubber duck gets to america, they are no longer responsible.

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This is the latest I have for October 2003

Where The Toys Are by Curtis C. Ebbesmeyer
Next time you're in a store, see where the toys are made. Most come
from China. That's where the yellow ducks were made, too. The First Years,
Inc. molded 29,000 - blue turtles, yellow ducks, red
beavers, green frogs - called floatees for bath time. All were loaded into
a cargo container. Later, the container was lifted onto a large ship.
During January 1992 - more than 11 years ago - after the great container
ship steamed halfway across the wild North Pacific, a storm knocked the
steel container overboard letting loose all 29,000 floatees, including the
yellow ducks. At first, the toys drifted close together. During months
adrift, the currents swirled them hundreds of miles apart. After drifting
two thousand miles, they first reached North America at Sitka, southern
Alaska, where beachcombers discovered thousands.
Beachcombers sent me curious stories. One saw a blue turtle in a sea otter
nest. Toys filled hot tubs and decorated kayaks. People started calling me
Doctor Duck and Doctor Froggie. I got a yellow duck pin in the mail to wear
on my jacket. Others told of their yellow duck collections, one numbering
1,439 (possibly a world record by Charlotte Lee, Santa Monica, California).
After the currents transported the toys to Sitka, thousands streaked along
Alaska to Japan and then back again across the North Pacific crossing the
area where they fell overboard. After three years, having drifted 15,000
miles, they reached Washington State. There, Karen Gerber found a blue
turtle and Vern Krause chanced upon a faded white duck. These discoveries
helped Jim Ingraham prove that his computer accurately predicted the toys'
path around the Pacific after three years, longer than ever before for any
drifter.
As the toys grew older, the red beavers and yellow ducks faded to white
much like grandpa's hair. The blue turtles and green frogs did not fade
very much.
Some of the floatees escaped the North Pacific Ocean. Many floated north
into the Arctic Ocean and after five years - about the year 2001- floated
into the North Atlantic Ocean. The First Years is offering a $100 reward to
any beachcomber finding a floatee anywhere around the North Atlantic. So
far, none of the right toys have been confirmed. I know they are in the
Atlantic because many waterborne messages (in bottles and on plastic cards)
have traveled the Pacific-Arctic-Atlantic pathway.
Other toys escaped south out of the Pacific into the Indian Ocean. These
travel ten times faster than the toys trapped on the slow-moving ice (one
versus ten miles per day). After crossing the Indian Ocean, some rounded
Africa, then headed north through the Atlantic Ocean also arriving in
England about the same year as the cold ducks that went through the Arctic
Ocean. Over the years, the sands will bury some of the toys, the sun will
disintegrate others to plastic dust, and sea life will consume others.
I hope you will trace out these drift routes with your parents and
teachers. You will learn a lot about the world following the routes of the
floatees on a world map. With his computer program known as OSCURS, Jim
Ingraham shows where the toys drifted in the Northern Hemisphere. Other
flotsam from the North Pacific that may accompany the toys include Nike
sneakers and lightning Bolt sandals. The sneakers are identifiable by the
serial number 900406 and the sandals by the colorful lightning bold that
runs through their one-inch thick black soles.
Most Wanted Duck. Darlene Hollywood issued the following All Points
Bulletin. "MAKE WAY FOR (RUBBER) DUCKS! It's a boat, it's a buoy, it's a .
. . RUBBER DUCK?! Beachgoers around the North Atlantic may be spotting more
than shells on the shore this summer. Any day now, a flock of rubber ducks
could waddle their way onto area beaches.
Avon, Massachusetts-based The First Years, Inc., a leading maker of infant
and toddler care, feeding and play products, including the famed rubber
ducks, is planning to welcome the flock home with open arms. Anyone who
finds one of the ducks [or any of the floatees] is encouraged to contact
darlene@tomasettipr.com. Once The First Years confirms the authenticity of
the floatee(s) sighting, the discoverer will receive a $100 U.S. Savings
Bond. Darlene will report the duck [or any floatee] discoveries to Curt who
will incorporate the data into his studies seeking to better understand the
earth's ocean currents."
Atlantic Sightings? In 2003, three out of the four floatees matching the
posted descriptions were spotted around the North Atlantic (turtle, duck,
frog, no beaver). The $100 reward remains unclaimed because no one has
positively shown me the right critter. I've received many photos and
reports of false canards. The following sightings are the most reliable
received to date but show only that the floatees POSSIBLY arrived in the
Atlantic.
1995: Florida (~27.9ºN, 80.5ºW). In 1995, along eastern Florida near
Sebastian Inlet, Ed Perry discovered a turtle and a beaver. Gayle Heath
also found a turtle. The turtles were the wrong colors and Gayle's had the
wrong platelet pattern. The beaver, however, was a match and had faded from
red to white as Pacific recoveries had done.
Back in 1995, I put a damper on Florida's excitement. Finding a beaver
there in that year would have required too quick a trip: 2 years from the
mid-Pacific spill site to the Bering Strait, plus 5 years on the ice across
the Arctic Ocean, plus 2 years from eastern Greenland to Florida. The
earliest Florida arrival was 2001 making the 1995 Florida sighting too early
by 6 years!
Though each of the following sightings is open to question, the discovery
locations (Maine, Florida, Scotland) jive with known drift routes. By 2003,
the floatees may be found anywhere around the North Atlantic.
2003: Scotland (~58.2ºN, 7ºW). "I think, but am not sure because I did not
pick it up," writes Sonali Naik "That on Monday 18 August 2003, I found one
of the famous toys - in this case a green frog - on Uig Sands in Scotland,
west coast of the Isle of Lewis (Outer Hebrides). My fellow guests at the
hotel urged me to email you. I was not aware of the spill or else would
have picked it up and when I did, it was too late. The tide was in and I
had to leave early next morning. I would only know if I saw a picture of
one - can you email me a photo so I can confirm whilst it is still fresh in
my mind?"
After examining the emailed photo, Sonali responded. "I am not absolutely
sure but it is the right size. I only saw it buried upside down in the sand
with only the outline of the legs visible. It was particularly noticeable
because there were only a few shells all of the same type on the beach. I
thought how strange that looks like a frog but it can't be!"
2003: Maine (~43.5ºN, 70.5ºW). "You won't believe this," writes Bethe
Hagens "But two weeks ago (July 2003), I found one of your ducks on Gooch's
Beach in Kennebunk, Maine. We were walking and my boyfriend Waynn Welton
picked it up. It was white, incredibly weathered and very worn. I remember
the writing on its stomach: 'The First Years.' That's why I thought it was
so odd when we found it. It came back to me when I heard you talking on the
radio. I thought about keeping it, but didn't. I just can't believe I didn
't keep it, but it wasn't mine. So, no proof. No science, I guess. But,
they're here!"
"Waynn finally got back from a trip and took a look at your picture. We
both feel pretty confident that we saw your duck. I think I also saw your
turtle. I was so amazed that (on the one I saw, which was weathered and
small like the picture you sent) the carapace was anatomically correct. You
just never see the correct pattern - five platelets down the middle and four
on each side."
"I'm a beachcomber and out of the corner of my eye I see all kinds of
things. I'm also an anthropologist and Waynn's an engineer with DeLorme
Maps, so we pay attention to detail. I don't know whether to trust myself
about the turtle. We both feel pretty sure about the duck, though. Waynn
said that it appeared to be much more faded than the other things we saw
with it. Looked as if a child had picked it up on the beach and left it
there with other scavenged stuff."

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Op maandag 14 juli 2003 11:28 schreef realist_ik het volgende:

een dezer dagen