Links

• Sneaker Swim - How 61,000 Floating Nikes Helped an Oceanographer Find His Calling: Article by Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Eric Scigliano in the University of Washington Alumni Magazine

Articles discussing Curt Ebbesmeyer and Flotsametrics:

• Of Shoes and Ships and Rubber Ducks and a Message in a Bottle: Article by Keith C. Heidorn, PhD, “The Weather Doctor”
• Ducks’ Odyssey Nears End: BBC report on bathtub toys floating for years at sea
• Friendly Floatees: Wikipedia entry on a consignment of plastic bath toys marketed by The First Years, Inc., that were part of a tanker spill

Other sites of interest for beachcombers online:

• The Cousteau Society
• Algalita Marine Research Foundation
• Seabean.com: Images and information about sea-beans (drift seeds) commonly found on the beaches of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. The primary source for these sea-beans is the Atlantic side of South America, Central America, and the Caribbean.
• Dr. Beachcomb
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
• UW School of Oceanography
• Smithsonian Institute
• Smithsonian Institute—Sant Ocean Hall
• Orion Magazine
• Wayne’s Word: Drift Seeds & Drift Fruits
• Blue Ocean Institute
• The Marine Conservation Alliance Foundation
• Florida Beach Basics: Visitors to East Central Florida will find Florida Beach Basics—The Space Coast as indispensable as sunscreen!