How about some more (radio) lyrics? Hello one and all Was it you I used to know? Can't you hear me call On this old ham radio All I got to say I'm alive and feeling fine Should you come my way You can share my poison wine...... ~King of The World, Steely Dan
From The Reg article cited in OP, a comment by "SquidEmperor", OK - Quick update [1]. I Still have not been able to contact the bottle tosser [2]. Now have a name (Malgorzata ), a profession (Doctor) and a full email address * Malgorzata is derived from the Greek word margarita (μαργαρίτα) meaning "pearl". It is equivalent to the English "Margaret" [3]. A fellow passenger has emailed Malgorzata and some other passengers who were also on the trip to see if we can get in touch with her [4]. I've shared this information (and the full email which I won't share here for privacy) with the Australian Antarctic Division so they can forward the details to Stella Thomas who works for them and was the person who found the bottle So in summary the bottle was indeed dropped off the vessel M/V Ortelius whilst it was off-shore of Bouvet Island on (we assume) April 6 2015 by a Polish Doctor named Malgorzata who various individuals are endeavouring to contact to let her know that her bottle has been received.
This was a fun read. I looked up Chips call, its legit. I also Google Earthed your Island. Looked like a short walk end to end.
I launched a message in a bottle in the mid Atlantic in 1981(?). The ship I was on found itself out there along with Hurricane Harvey. Each weather report we received kept saying the storm's position had been "relocated" since the prior report, whatever that meant. Of course we were trying our best to avoid it so the relocation business didn't really inspire confidence in the reports. We were submitting our own weather reports periodically. Anyhow, one way or the other, the Captain and I got the bright idea to send a weather report in a bottle (a Jack Daniel's empty, if I recall; drinking aboard ship was still legal in those days). The message was "Hurricane Harvey blows..." plus the date, time, position and vessel name. I always wondered if anyone ever found it. Maybe it's still out there...