Tracey Williams.
Adrift: the curious tale of the Lego lost at sea.
Unicorn. 2022
On 13 February 1997, a huge storm near the coast of Cornwall
pushed sixty-two containers off the cargo ship Tokio Express.
One was filled with nearly 5 million pieces of Lego,
many of which were themed around the sea.
Beachcombers in the southwest of England soon began finding
plastic octopuses, spear guns, scuba tanks, cutlasses, flippers
and even dragons on their shores – pieces that are still washing up today.
Adrift is an insight into the mysterious world of oceans and tides, shining a light on this lost Lego and other cargo spills, as well as their lingering legacies in the sand and sea. It also captures the magic of beachcombing while cataloguing some of the weird and not so wonderful plastic items now found on so many shores.