into the water of the Dardanelles and started to swim from Europe to Asia. It had all started in London over the umpteenth bottle of Bulgarian red wine. For a long time, I said, I had wanted to swim the Hellespont - the narrow channel between the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean. The Hellespont hit the mythological headlines a long time ago. Leander, who lived on the Asian side, had the misfortune to fall in love with Hero, who lived in Europe. The course of true love did not run smoothly. Geography
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likely going to be blown away in the wind, resulting in pollution. People living near the Atlantic Ocean should recycle plastic in order to prevent sea creatures from getting stuck in it, ingesting it, and to benefit for themselves with a reward. We humans are hopefully smart enough to tell what is trash, apart from our other surroundings. Although most sea creatures are incredibly intelligent, they are not familiar with plastic. This is not a material they will come across every day of their lives
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geographical positioning of the UK in relation to the Earth in terms of the fact that it is situated just off the edge of continental Europe and yet is surrounded by sea. These locational characteristics mean that the UK is subject to weather determined by five major air masses travelling from all different directions over both the sea, and the land. Air masses are bodies of air which pick up the characteristics of the area that they have come from in terms of the temperature, moisture content and
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population of sea otters seems to be getting worse and worse. The problem began as early as 1911 “when they were hunted to near extinction—the International Fur Seal Treaty was one of the earliest forms of legislation protecting marine mammals” (Alaska Sea Life Center). In the 1960’s several hundred animals were shipped over from surviving groups and colonies were put in place for the seals in Alaska and populations slowly rose again and reached incredible and healthy numbers, half of the sea otter population
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There are a number of paranormal activities that have occurred in the Graveyard of the Atlantic.The favorite theories of the Bermuda Triangle from fantasy writers are, “evil extraterrestrials, residue crystals from Atlantis, evil humans with anti-gravity devices or other weird technologies, and vile vortices from the fourth dimension” (Carroll). According to David Pares, one of the most popular paranormal activities in the Bermuda Triangle, electronic fog, forms when solar energy combines with thunderstorm
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Hey there do you know anything about leatherback sea turtle? They are very cool animals. Let’s get started. Overall Leatherbacks are sea turtles and the only turtle with no shell. Also, the leatherback sea turtle is the heaviest turtle out there. It can weigh up to 2,000 lb. and grow up to 11 ft. They can swim up to 5km to 8km. Although, they can swim fast, they cannot swim backwards. This is why many of them get caught in fishing nets. Turtles breath oxygen, but they spend most of their time
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genre of pirate literature of today. One familiar with the courageous and somewhat ridiculous story lines of Pirates of the Caribbean, needs merely to briefly leaf through the poorly written, and perhaps even plagiarized 17th century pirate play The Sea Voyage to confirm this notion. However, while the works of this genre, like the world itself, has evolved immensely in the past four hundred plus years, an important thread of continuity has remained which runs throughout the numerous stories of the
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What Goes Up Must Come Down - Extra Credit When the snowshoe hare population goes up the lynx population also goes up. I would expect an increasing lynx population to affect the snowshoe hare population because the snowshoe hare population will go down. This happens because there will be more lynx to prey upon the hare. When the snowshoe hare population goes down the lynx population also goes down. This happens because there would be less hare for the lynx to feed on. Is visible that lynxes
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expert, gives a vivid history of what it was like to live during the height of Atlantic piracy. Cordingly tells us who became pirates, what they wore, and how they were armed among many other detailed accounts of every day life both on land and at sea. Pirates, says the author, were attracted by the lure of plunder and the desire for an easy life.” The author explains that these men and women were not the fantasized heroes of today’s popular culture, but ruthless thieves, murderers, and lawbreakers
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purpose in writing “Saving Sea Otters is Just Part of Her Normal Day at Work” is to recount that saving sea otters and Identifying what is making them sick is the key to a healthy ocean. Sea otters have been dying at a higher rate than normal over the past ten years, and bacteria is the cause of the higher death rate. Collecting water and mussels, which offer clues about their environment by filtering water, will help determine what is making the sea otters sick. Because sea otters are an indicator
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