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WTF? Vessel Too Toxic for Bangladeshi Ship Breakers Sent to UK
Image by Flickr user Peter_32 Ship breakers in Bangladesh toil in conditions that resemble hell on earth, breaking rusting hulks by hand for little more than a dollar a day. But should we allow a former French aircraft carrier considered too dangerous for even these workers to be [...]
Continue reading...$500M in Sunken Treasure, and Other Great Discoveries Undersea
Friday, May 2, 2008
Image from slava The news broke yesterday that the richest shipwreck of all time had been discovered– over 500 Million USD worth of gold and silver coin–had been found in an “undisclosed location in the Atlantic Ocean.” This is hardly the first time a private enterprise has gone [...]
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Thursday, July 3, 2008
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