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Alaska Man Finds 50-Year-Old Message in Bottle from Soviet-Era Russian

Charles Maynes

   MOSCOW - In the age of the internet, instant messaging, and
   smartphones, a handwritten note still has the power to amaze -- with an
   assist from technology.

   That seems to be the lesson after an Alaskan man discovered a message
   in a bottle from a Soviet sailor written 50 years ago.

   Tyler Ivanoff, 36, of the village of Shishmaref, Alaska, was picking
   berries and gathering driftwood for a fire for his family when he
   stumbled across a green bottle along the state's western shore earlier
   this month.

   "I noticed that the bottle had a note in it. It was sealed really
   well," Ivanoff told VOA."And when I opened the bottle and took out the
   message, I recognized that it was Russian handwriting."

   Naturally, he turned to social media for help.

   "I found a message in a bottle today," wrote Ivanoff to [1]his Facebook
   account. "Any friends that are Russian translators out there?"

   The internet hive mind quickly went to work, with Ivanoff's post
   garnering 1,500 shares.

References

   1. https://www.facebook.com/tylerivanoff/posts/2833035660051140

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