On film, many a desert island castaway has put a message in a bottle and cast it out to sea, hoping it would someday reach land.
Expedition Sets Sail to the Great Plastic Vortex
Tag Archives: a-for-nearly
Australia wildfires slowly being controlled
The wildfires that have roared through southeast Australia for nearly a week were slowly coming under control Friday, as investigators continued the search for who may have set some of the deadly blazes. The Country Fire Authority said the number of fires burning had dropped to 21 from about 35 on Thursday.