Rubber Duckies Lost at Sea The "Rubber Duckie " is a favored toy for many babies. Surprisingly, rubber ducks have also aroused the interest of scientists. Each year there are numerous cargo spills in the ocean. In 1992 a powerful storm occurred at sea. As a result, 29,000 rubber ducks fell into the ocean. The ducks were on route from Hong Kong to the United States. Since then, they have floated throughout the world. They have been spotted in Hawaii, Alaska, South America, and Australia. They've also been seen as far north as Scotland and Newfoundland. These amazing ducks have been named the Friendly Floaters. The Floaters have even survived the Arctic's freezing ice storms. Twelve years later, ducks were still appearing on many beaches.
On December 8, 2004, more than 300,000 gallons of heavy bulked fuel leaked from the ship wrecked Selendang Ayu, a Malaysian freighter, and washed ashore on the beaches of Skan Bay and Makushin Bay of Alaska’s Aleutian Islands (Ritchie & Gill, The Selendang Ayu Oil Spill: A Study of the Renewable Resource Community of Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, 2006, p.1). Dutch Harbor is the number one port for crabbing, processing plants, and fisheries of halibut, pollock, and cod. The port employees several of the inhabitants. The Coast Guard along with contracted officials implemented and begin executing a plan for cleanup. Meetings were held between the Unified Command and the community to inform them of the plan of action that was being taken to protect their revenue and restore their beaches. The natives of the island offered several suggestions for cleanup and felt unacknowledged about their concerns and offers to help. The Unified Command continued recovery efforts as originally planned and assured the community that the oil would not reach the shore. After a few weeks tar balls began to wash ashore, raising concerns of the residents. More meetings with the community were held eventually leading the UC to utilize
One giant sized dust storm made it all the way to the Atlantic Ocean from central United States. This monster dust storm was 2 miles high and traveled 2,000
There are millions of products transported across the ocean on a daily basis. However,occasionally, there is a wrinkle in the system and a few of them slip out into the water. Or in my case, hundreds of them. Me and the other ducks had been just
Elder calls the duck a magnet for children, it is representational to childhood and adolescences. “We didn’t want something abstract. Its magnet for children and it hasn’t been branded by anything “, Elder recalls saying it was perfect for the
The Coast Guard regulations outline equipment and procedures to reduce unnecessary bulk cargo from spilling (USCG). Though these regulations aim at preventing avoidable cargo spills; accidents out of a crew's control can happen. Sometimes a ship in rough water loses part of its cargo as a wave sweeps across an open cargo hold. Others times a ship offloading misses the dock machinery collecting the cargo and some of the cargo spills into the water. Vis versa a ship loading floats away from the dock (because a mooring line breaks) or rocks do to wave action, causing a fuel line to snap. On the other hand a majority of cargo and fuel dumping occurs on purpose. Ships on the Great Lakes cannot allow their dry cargos to mix so the Coast Guard created a policy where a ship's deck must be ‘broom clean’, meaning any cargo remaining on deck after an on/offload considered safe gets washed off the deck (USCG). The Coast Guard believes the practice meets all environmental standards and their intentions mean well, but to no avail. The let down on this practice lies with the shipping companies who take advantage of the Coast Guard. The companies dump toxic materials into the lakes including miscellaneous garbage thrown overboard by crew members and release dirty oil with little thought of consequence (USCG). The Coast Guard does not have the technology available to enforce the
Some people find storms rather relaxing and enjoy listening to it. Others might even enjoy being in one. The same couldn’t be said on the day of October 30, 1991 for 6 fishermen on a 72 foot long long-liner called, The Andrea Gail, in North Atlantic Ocean in the middle of “The Perfect Storm”.
The actual garbage patch was predicted in a 1988 paper that was published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States. This prediction was based off of results from several alaskan based researchers between 1985 and 1988. Charles J. Moore, returning home through the North Pacific Gyre after competing in the Transpac sailing race in 1997, came upon an enormous
There are disasters occurring all around the world that most individuals will not hear of due to a lack of media coverage. Many of these disasters can have incredibly detrimental effects on entire populations, and those at risk deserve a chance to educate themselves. Two of the disasters found were the West Fertilizer plant explosion and the increasing rate of acidification of ocean water. Despite the fact that these disasters pose such incredible dangers, they were found to be among the least reported on stories amongst media outlets. Although these disasters have not been covered nearly as much as other major catastrophes, such as hurricane Katrina, they still have far reaching physical and emotional consequences and have their own unique story.
When they had let down the net and started to pull it back in, they found that they had caught a great number of fish. So many that their net was breaking. Although it isn't recorded how many fish were caught.
During the 1990’s one of the most famous cruise ship companies, Royal Caribbean, was caught illegally discharging toxic waste into oceans surrounding the United States and surrounding countries, as well as international waters. According to Wald the waste included, but is not limited to, oily water from the bilge of the ships, chemicals used for dry cleaning, and chemicals used to develop film. These chemicals were mixed in with the gray water, used water that is safe to drain into the ocean, and then flushed out with the gray water (1999). The Department of Justice pointed out that in an attempt to cover their tracks, workers on these cruise ships kept false maintenance logs, and had bypass pipes
This true story began in 1992 when a ship was on a route from Hong Kong to the United States. A major storm with high winds jolted the ship. As a result, crates of rubber and plastic toys were hurled into the Pacific Ocean.
poor leadership is a disease. The disease starts small and is harmless until it spreads. The disease keeps on spreading until you have no control. This disease doesn’t care about how you feel, it will give you constant pain while it continues to thrive in your struggles. We see this happen in the book Animal Farm, which is about farm animals who rebel and take over their farm.
Years ago, the SS Nile was on it’s way back from their most recent trip to Europe. As in every journey, there were twist and turns that affected their trip. 2 weeks changed to 3 weeks. Each week there was a new disaster. The people were freaking out, jumping off the boat trying to swim back to safety. Weeks and weeks went by, each day there was fewer and fewer people left on the ship. Every day there was a new traumatic impact to the ship. Finally a month later it has sunken.
This paper evaluates the relationship between the mild to severely mentally ill and substance abuse. Substance abuse is often seen in adolescents and adults, whether they are mentally ill or not. Mental illness and substance abuse is more commonly known as a dual diagnosis. Often times, the treatment for this particular diagnosis is harder to treat than if each condition were treated on its own. Early treatment of dually diagnosed disorders may be a prevention strategy to end future problematic behaviors. The combination of substance abuse and mental illness can be due to many different factors. Many people often deny the association between substance abuse and mental illness, and believe that one can’t trigger the other. There are multiple theories that explain the relationship between the two disorders. This essay will also provide statistical research information that shows the substance use of a normal person and that of a person with mild to severe mental illness.
Jesus may have had a short time on this earth, but he accomplished a great deal for the Kingdom of God. He performed many miracles, gave many sermons, and even faced his fair share of temptations and trials. One of his most famous lessons was given to a scribe and is now known as “The Greatest Commandment,” which is found in Mark 12:29-31: “29Jesus answered, ‘The first is, “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one; 30you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.” 31The second is this, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” There is no other commandment greater than these.’” Mark tells the story of Jesus in a unique way, and by further looking into the historical context and literary world of this passage, readers are able to gain a better understanding of the lesson and incorporate it into the present day.