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2 unusual facts about Hansa Carrier


Hansa Carrier

After hearing of the accident, oceanic scientist Curtis Ebbesmeyer seized the opportunity: He established links with beachcombers and formed a network of people reporting the landfall of the contents of this and other spills.

In the case of the Hansa Carrier spill, reports from beachcombers revealed that the first 200 shoes started arriving at the northern Washington coast around Thanksgiving 1990, about 6 months after the spill.


Curtis Ebbesmeyer

In May 1990 80,000 Nike sneakers were released from a container washed off the ship Hansa Carrier.


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