The Economic Times

In 1992, a container ship lost 28,800 unsinkable plastic bath toys in the North Pacific, helping oceanographer find oceans' invisible highways from Alaska to Scotland

In 1992, a cargo ship lost 28,800 plastic bath toys in the North Pacific. Their unexpected journey across the ocean gave researchers valuable data on currents, helping them understand how floating debris moves across vast distances. Some toys reached Alaska, while others may have travelled through the Arctic toward the Atlantic and Europe.