More than 20 coolers wash up in Alaska from MV Zim Kingston cargo spill
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Duke Marolf, who works for a marine welding company in Seward, said he had seen posts on Instagram about coolers washing ashore and decided to check it out himself in August.
A recreational pilot has collected 23 coolers from beaches on the central Gulf of Alaska believed to be cargo spilled from the MV Zim Kingston last year.
Duke Marolf, who works for a marine welding company in Seward, Ala. said he had seen posts on Instagram about coolers washing ashore in the area and decided to check it out himself in August.
“We just spread ’em out. Everybody’s got families and they go pretty far,” he told Global News on Friday, adding that 19 of the coolers were Yeti brand name.
“There’s still a few floating around.”
The MV Zim Kingston lost 109 containers off the B.C. coast during a storm near the entrance to the Juan de Fuca Straight on Oct. 22, 2021, around the same time a fire broke out on the vessel.
Four containers carrying fridges and running shoes washed were recovered on norther Vancouver Island the following month, but the remaining 105 likely sank, according to the Canadian Coast Guard.
Since then, debris has been found as far away as northeastern Haida Gwaii, hundreds of kilometres from the spill site. In addition to the coolers, some of the more peculiar items recovered by beachcombers include unicorn floaties, urinal mats, baby oil and cologne.
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