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Christmas in the Pacific Ocean

Alex_Thomson | Posted 20.02.2013 | UK Sport
Read More: Pacific Ocean, Alex Thomson, Christmas, Boat Race, The Vendee Globe, Sailing, UK Sport News
Alex_Thomson

Although Christmas is just another day in the race it still is hard to be out here with limited contact. My wife Kate and son Oscar are in Sweden with her family this Christmas. I have gifts from them onboard and I was also prepared this year and bought all my presents in November but I am going to miss spending my son's second Christmas with him.

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A Fin-tastic Tale

The Huffington Post UK | Ted Thornhill | Posted 17.09.2012 | UK
Read More: Lost at Sea, Pacific Ocean, UK News, Boats, Great White Sharks, Jaws, Sharks, UK News

While sharks may not be the death machines that films like Jaws suggest they are, the idea of them actually saving someone’s life would surely be pu...

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Japan Makes Massive Rare Earth Find Beneath The Ocean

Huffington Post UK | Michael Rundle | Posted 02.07.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Natural Resources, Japan, Pacific Ocean, UK News, Rare Earth, Rare Earth Minerals, UK Tech News

A massive deposit of rare earth minerals, used to power batteries and high-tech industry, has been found in Japan. About 6.8 million tonnes of mine...

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Second Rower Rescued In Pacific Ocean

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Exploration, UK News, UK World, Sailing, Charlie Martell, British Rower Rescued, Rowing, Sarah Outen, Pacific Ocean, UK News

A second British rower has been rescued from the Pacific Ocean after getting into difficulties during an attempt to row solo from Japan to America. ...

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British Yachtsmen In Trouble After Giant Wave Strike

PA | Posted 31.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Yachts, Pacific Ocean, UK News, UK News

An operation is under way to parachute medical help to four sailors who were injured when a large wave crashed onto their yacht during a round-the-wor...

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What Burped CO2 and Wasn't Ocean or Neanderthal?

Rolf Schuttenhelm | Posted 05.12.2011 | UK Tech
Read More: Neanderthal, Ice Age, Co2, Pacific Ocean, Green Issues, Oceans, UK Science, UK Environment, UK Tech News
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Three US scientists say they now need a creative mind with a nice new hypothesis to better explain where ago such amounts of CO2 came from thousands of years - because the old one that climatologists have worked with just proved not to have been clever enough.

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