Rubber duckies make their way to New England.

By way of the Bering Strait and Iceland.

“The toys have been adrift since 29,000 of them fell from a storm-tossed container ship en route from China to Seattle more than 11 years ago… By 2001 they had floated to the area in the north Atlantic where the Titanic sank. Some kept going. Some turned and headed to Europe…

“Oceanographers say the trip has taught them valuable lessons about the ocean’s currents.”

Here’s the resulting research study.