Message in bottle sets new world record
Friday, August 31, 2012 » 05:03am
A message in a bottle, deposited in 1914, has set a world record for the length of time spent at sea.
British authorities say a message in a bottle, deposited in the sea
almost 100 years ago in a scientific experiment, has set a new world
record for the length of time spent at sea.
The bottle, released in 1914, was caught in the net of a fishing vessel off the Shetland Islands, on the northeast coast of Scotland, in April this year.
The publishers of Guinness World Records have confirmed the bottle's nearly 98 years at sea has beaten the previous world record by more than five years.
Drift bottle 646B was released as part of a batch of 1890 on June 10, 1914 by maritime scientists measuring under-currents of the seas around Scotland.
The bottle, released in 1914, was caught in the net of a fishing vessel off the Shetland Islands, on the northeast coast of Scotland, in April this year.
The publishers of Guinness World Records have confirmed the bottle's nearly 98 years at sea has beaten the previous world record by more than five years.
Drift bottle 646B was released as part of a batch of 1890 on June 10, 1914 by maritime scientists measuring under-currents of the seas around Scotland.
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