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Short Stuff: Friendly Floatees

Stuff You Should Know

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The Great Rubber Duck Release

This chapter recounts the curious incident of 28,000 rubber toys released into the ocean after a shipping container accident in 1992. It explores the environmental impact of shipping while highlighting the unique opportunity for oceanographers to study marine currents using these friendly floaties as makeshift buoys.

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