‘Sincere greetings from Russian Far East’: Cold War message in a bottle washes up in Alaska
year-old message in a bottle has finally been read after washing ashore in letter while collecting firewood near Shishmaref, about 600 miles northwest of Anchorage, television station KTUU reported. Mr Ivanoff said the green glass bottle still smelled of old alcohol when he opened it, and that he had to use a screwdriver to prise the letter out. He later shared his discovery on Facebook, where Russian speakers revealed it was from a Cold War newspaper, it read: “Sincere greetings! From the Russian Far East Fleet mother ship VRXF Sulak. “I ...
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