CCF Note: When looking at the glacier in this photograph, also note the dates and the location of each marked retreat.

Those famous yellow, rubber ducks that we played in the tub as young children (We have 2 of them in the tub for our infant daughter) are now being put to work by NASA of all places, according to an article from The Telegraph.

NASA recently dropped a total of 90 ducks (no joke) into the Jakobshavn Glacier, which is between Greenland and Canada. This particular glacier is Greenland's fastest moving glacier in Baffin Bay and discharges nearly 7% of all ice coming off of Greenland.

The ducks, if found, will provide crucial information on how water moves through the ice and provide information about the movement of glaciers. There are still lingering questions on why glaciers speed up and head towards sea during the summer.

On each duck it is written "science experiment", reward and an email address in different languages. So far nobody has contacted NASA about the now missing ducks. Maybe they should have increased the reward and written the amount on the duck. Just kidding!

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