Message in a bottle from Siberia
Published: 23:48, 22 September 2016
| Updated: 23:53, 22 September 2016
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A MESSAGE in a bottle put into the water at Findochty 15 years ago has been returned from Siberia.
In the summer of 2001, Findochty Amenities Association launched a number of bottles as part of a fundraiser.
That included one by then two-year-old Emily Plant.
Emily's bottle was discovered on Beliy Island in the Kara Sea, on the edge of the polar circle.
It was found by oceanologist Olga Koulikova who got in touch with the Findochty Past and Present Facebook page.
Emily said she was delighted that her bottle had been found after so many years.
More on this story in the Banffshire Advertiser print version.