Rubber Track Atv

Posted on November 07, 2011 by Admin
Rubber Track Atv

Rubber Track Atv

The accident happened on Jan 10, 1992 when high seas and bad weather dislodged a container on a ship bound from Asia to the United States. The container broke open, releasing 28,800 buoyant bath toys into the Subpolar Gyre, a current that circulates counterclockwise around the North Pacific. Yellow rubber duckies, green frogs, blue turtles, and red beavers went for an epic swim, but they didn’t go unsupervised — oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer tracked them through the world’s oceans.

Friendly Floatees — The First Years

The rubber ducks and other toys, called “Floatees” by the manufacturer, bore the imprint “The First Years.” Because of this easy means to identify them, and because there were so many of them, the drifting toys were perfect for studying the paths and speed of ocean currents. Beachcombers everywhere kept a look-out for the highly visible yellow rubber ducks — details of where and when the toys washed up on ocean beaches over fifteen years became scientific data.