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--Posted By johannes to <http://www.monochrom.at/english/2009/09/curtis-ebbesmeyer-you-are-my-hero.htm>monochrom at 9/22/2009 03:41:00 PM
Curtis Charles Ebbesmeyer is an American oceanographer who, in
retirement, has studied the movement of flotsam. He came to public
attention through his interest in The First Years' rubber ducks
(actually <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendly_Floatees>Friendly
Floatees) a consignment of bath toys washed into the Pacific Ocean in 1992.
