Another Bottle
p. 113 · Read in the full issue
In March, we gave details of bottle which drifted from ,e Gulf of Panama to Atiu land last May to October, n March 24, another message )ttle was picked up there, he slip inside read as fol ws: “This bottle released zbruary 14, 1958, at 11.32 h ■yuth, 110.52 h West. Please nd date and place of re wery to R. M. Norris, Uni >rsity of California.”
This distance drifted is ->out 2£50 nautical miles, but lere is nothing in this case • indicate how long the bottle ay have been lying on an tiu beach before it was mnd, and therefore no useful ue as to the speed of its r ift west-southward through te Tuamotus to the Cooks.
The earlier bottle was found ill afloat by a fisherman, and n the assumption that it has ist arrived, the drift speed ‘om near Panama was calcu ited at the rather high figure f 30.6 miles per day.