Shipwrecks in the Atlantic Ocean

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    The Ocean Frontier The world is home to many living things, the majority of life on earth though is living in the ocean with a percent of 94%. Since the beginning of the 1800s, man has been mapping the great oceans and what’s in them, but no more than 90 years ago have we started to look deeper. The ocean hasn't been completely explored, but with the advances in ocean exploration technology, scuba diving’s, and with those finds of strange creatures and treasures along the way. Exploring in the

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    Alone at Sea Water, water, everywhere and not a single drop to drink. I am doomed. The wooden planks of flotsam I gathered together after the shipwreck are coming loose. I am sitting on a floating coffin with makeshift oars. It’s like Satan’s sauna out here in this big, blue tomb. The emptiness in my soul matches the spiritless sky and the featureless waterscape around me. The days are worst as they pass. The remorseless sun blends his full will against my survival and he is winning. I feel like

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    place of speculation to most. From airplanes to boats, many inexplicable disappearances have occurred in the enigmatic region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean. There is no evidence that mysterious disappearances occur with any greater frequency in the Bermuda Triangle than in any other large, well-traveled area of the ocean. Countless numbers of theories and hoaxes emerged to explain the puzzling disappearances but none have yet to be proven true. Christopher Columbus said that

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    City is the Outer Banks, there is much more to do than just lay around on one of the many beautiful beaches. The Outer Banks are barrier islands off the coast of the U.S. state of North Carolina, separating the Atlantic Ocean from the mainland. Their open-sea beaches, state parks and shipwreck diving sites make them a popular holiday destination. The Outer Banks is a 200-mile long string of narrow peninsulas and barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina and a small part of Virginia, beginning

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    The Drake Passage is a fierce body of water that is around the Cape Horn and the South Shetland Islands of the Antarctic. It connects the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean and extends through the Southern Ocean. It is the shortest crossing to Antarctica, than any other landmass. The other two passages are around the extreme Southern part of South America. The winds are so extreme, ships can’t make a headway through the Passage. The Antarctic current pushes more than 600 time the flow

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    Nothing helped. Veteran divers shared stories of their first ocean dive and encouraged me to stay strong, but the one and a half hour boat ride racing at 24 nautical miles felt eternal. Finally, after the crew dropped the anchor, I was tasked with the “Great Leap,” an eight foot plunge into the unforgiving ocean. After submerging into the blue-green Atlantic, the oceanic silence and tranquility felt surreal. Slowly descending, the shipwreck came into view; I

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    Introduction: The loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) was named as a threatened species on July 28, 1978. Loggerhead turtles are the most common type of sea turtle. In addition, they are the only sea turtle that still regularly nests on beaches from New Jersey to Texas. General Species Description: The loggerhead turtle’s most prominent feature is its head, is large and slightly heart shaped. The carapace is reddish-brown, bony and has large, non-overlapping, rough scales. Just like the head

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    happened at 11:40 PM when it sank on April 14, 1912. 1,503 people in total died, including passengers and crew. The sinking of the Titanic took place at North Atlantic Ocean. The two news sources I found all my information on was http://www.history.com/topics/titanic and http://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2012/04/titanic-shipwreck-revealed-complete-mosaic-images/ . The two Media sources I chose were History Channel and national Geographic. They are alike because They both give kinda a same

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    branch of Earth science that studies the ocean. It covers a wide range of topics, including marine organisms and ecosystem dynamics; ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; plate tectonics and the geology of the sea floor; and fluxes of various chemical substances and physical properties within the ocean and across its boundaries. These diverse topics reflect multiple disciplines that oceanographers blend to further knowledge of the world ocean and understanding of processes within it:

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    The Islands of the Caribbean are prime destinations for those who daydream of tropical paradise, with 25 million visitors annually. The Caribbean has cultural variety, warm breezes and azure seas, and will challenge you to decide which islands to discover for therapeutic sunshine, sand and surf. Of course, some islands are inexpensive and family-friendly areas, while others include all-inclusive or upscale resorts; however, the perfect island vacation awaits everyone in the Caribbean. This article

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