Monday, July 02, 2007

Rubber Ducks Land On British Shores

Thousands of rubber ducks to land on British shores after 15 year journey
By BEN CLERKIN

They were toys destined only to bob up and down in nothing bigger than a child's bath - but so far they have floated halfway around the world.

The armada of 29,000 plastic yellow ducks, blue turtles and green frogs broke free from a cargo ship 15 years ago.

Since then they have travelled 17,000 miles, floating over the site where the Titanic sank, landing in Hawaii and even spending years frozen in an Arctic ice pack.

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