In 1930, American Mr. William Van Elen, while sailing from France to New York, tossed a sealed bottle with his address into the Gulf Stream. Two years later, he received a letter from Tiree, confirming the bottle’s arrival, demonstrating the Gulf Stream’s reach to Scotland’s western beaches after nearly 2,000 miles.
A capsule containing more than 2,000 letters from schoolchildren from across the east coast of the Atlantic seaboard, including Tiree has washed up in Brazil after being launched into the middle of the ocean five weeks ago. The ‘Atlantic Rising’ expedition team launched the buoy as an interactive way for young people to learn about […]
