World ‘oldest’ message in bottle discovered on German island
Scientists say a message in a bottle that washed up on a beach in Germany might be the world’s oldest message of its kind.
The bottle was found by a woman walking the beach on Amrum Island in the North Sea in April.
A postcard inside asked anyone who discovered the bottle to send it to the UK’s Marine Biological Association. Written in German, Dutch, and English, the note also promised a reward of one shilling to the person who returned it.
According to the Association, the bottle was released by renowned researcher George Parker Bidder in the early 1900s as part of a marine research on ocean currents.
Bidder released over 1,000 bottles between 1904 and 1906. The bottles were designed to float above the sea bed so they could be carried by the deep sea currents.
Marine Biological Association has submitted the message in the bottle to be recognized as the world’s oldest by the Guinness Book of World Records.
The existing world record belongs to a message found west of the Shetland Islands in July 2013. The message dates back to 99 years and 43 days ago.
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