Flotsam and Jetsam

   No, this is not about the heavy metal band from Phoenix, Arizona called
   Flotsam and Jetsam. Rather I've used a bit of poetic licence to group
   stories about things floating in the ocean and/or washed up on the shore.

   1. Message in a Bottle
   a. "Woman gets 26yo bottled message"
      < http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6877571%255E13762,00.html >
   b. "Swiss tourist finds old message in bottle"
      < http://www.herald-sun.com/nationworld/14-375169.html >

   2. "Rubber ducks spotted floating in the Pacific"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s910822.htm >
      "Rubber duck armada goes with flow to provide clues on current affairs"
      < http://old.smh.com.au/news/0112/08/world/world19.html >

   3. "Cubans found at sea on converted pickup truck"
      < http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_802810.html >
      "Cubans try to 'drive' over Florida Straits"
      < http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/6368557.htm >

   4. "Climate change blamed as largest Arctic ice shelf breaks in two
       after 3,000 years"
      < http://news.independent.co.uk/world/environment/story.jsp?story=446434 >

   5. "Whale stranded on golf course"
      < http://www.nettavisen.no/servlets/page?section=1706&item=277142 >

   6. "It's not an octopus, so what is 'the blob'?"
      < http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s897695.htm >

   7. "Flotsam and Jetsam" - a self-referential artwork
      < http://www.pritchettcartoons.com/flotsam.htm >