Tracey Williams tells PEOPLE how the Lego Lost at Sea project got started Tracey Williams/Lego Lost At Sea Beachcombers find all kinds of surprises washed ashore — and in select areas of the U.K., ...

Tracey Williams has tracked Lego discoveries along European shores. Her book reveals the vast distances Lego pieces have travelled since the Great Lego Spill. In 1997, a cargo ship called the Tokio ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. "These days the holy grail is an octopus": The most prized of the mini-figures to be washed off the 1997 container ship.Credit: Tracey ...

Dec. 30 (UPI) --Treasure hunters dedicated to recovering millions of Lego pieces that fell into the ocean in 1997 said hundreds of pieces were found this year, including the first reported discovery ...

When almost five million pieces of Lego escaped into the sea off the coast of Cornwall, spilled from a cargo ship hit by a freak storm, the tiny, colourful figurines that soon amassed on the beaches ...

Nearly five million Lego pieces plunged into the sea in 1997. The pieces are still showing up — on England’s coast, in Ireland, Belgium, France and possibly at the beach near you. Many come to ...

A piece of Lego believed to have been lost off the Cornish coast 21 years ago has been found on a beach in Cumbria. The plastic plant found at St Bees is thought to have been one of 4.8m pieces of ...

In 1997, a cargo ship called the Tokio Express was on its way to New York when it was hit by a rogue wave. The ship almost capsized, plunging all 62 of its shipping containers into the sea. One of ...

Tracey Williams tells PEOPLE how the Lego Lost at Sea project got started Tracey Williams/Lego Lost At Sea A 1997 cargo ship crash led to nearly 5 million individual Lego pieces lost at sea In the ...

Tracey Williams tells PEOPLE how the Lego Lost at Sea project got started Tracey Williams/Lego Lost At Sea Lego life raft washed up in seaweed (left), Lego life vest on shore A 1997 cargo ship crash ...