In 1992 a container ship en route from China to Seattle lost a consignment of rubber ducks during a storm. 29,000 of the ducks have been around the North Pacific; from the spill site to Alaska, over to Japan and back to North America. 15 years and 17,000 miles later the ducks are heading towards British beaches and have been found on English and Welsh beaches.
Recently, rubber ducks have been spotted around the NDAC and it's rumoured they travelled up an underground stream that fills the quarry
To identify the ducks, the staff have stamped them with the NDAC logo and they have been doing their best to look after them. However there are now more ducks than we can cope with, so we need you to give them a good home.
To enter the competition you will need to register and adopt one of the NDAC ducks and then submit a photo of your duck in an exciting, exotic or wacky location. To adopt a duck costs £5 and all money raised goes to Bite-Back
The Shark and Marine Conservation Group - Bite-Back were formed in 2002. They continue to be the UK's only organisation dedicated to the protection of sharks by reducing consumer demand for its meat and fins.
Submissions already received can be see here
How to Enter:
There are 3 categories: Wackiest Location, Best Photograph and Best Travelled - This could be the duck that has travelled the furthest, or to the most remote/interesting location. (Photographic evidence of multiple locations required)
Photographs need to be sent in JPG format with a minimum resolution of 1500
pixels along the longest side and emailed to ducks@imagesoflife.co.uk. Please include the following information:
Your Name
Location of photograph (town/city/wreck or Lat/Long (D:M:S))
Date of photograph
Name and number of your duck (from your adoption certificate).
Which Category you are entering
Only one competition category entry can be made per duck, but you can send in as many photographs of your ducks as you wish to be uploaded onto the Duck Map.
As we receive entries they will be uploaded to our duck map so you can plot where ducks have been and see the entries.
Entries need to be made before 5pm on the Tue 01 Dec 2009. The winners of each category will be announced after judging at the NDAC on Sat 19 Dec 2009.
