Arctic time capsule from 2018 washes up in Ireland as polar ice melts
Cylinder left in ice by 50 Years of Victory ship travelled 2,300 miles to county Donegal
Conor McClory and Sophie Curran found the metallic tube along Bloody Foreland in Gweedore, County Donegal on Sunday.
When the crew and passengers of the nuclear-powered icebreaker ship 50 Years of Victory reached the north pole in 2018, they placed a time capsule in the ice floe.
The metal cylinder contained letters, poems, photographs, badges, beer mats, a menu, wine corks – ephemera from the early 21st century for whomever might discover it in the future.
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