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    Atlantic Ocean

    The Story of the S.S. America

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    Plans for the S.S. America were laid down under the first Maritime Commission contract on August 22, 1938. The builder was to be the...

    Largest Ship Graveyard in the World: Nouadhibou, Mauritania

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    Extending from the west coast of Africa is Ras Nouadhibou, a small peninsula shared by Mauritania and Western Sahara. The east side of the...
    Montserrat

    Plymouth, Montserrat: Pompeii of the Caribbean

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    For centuries, the Georgian-era town of Plymouth served as the main port for Montserrat, a part of the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies....
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    Azorean Palace in the Clouds

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    Atop a dormant volcano in the Azores, the remnants of the abandoned Monte Palace Hotel slowly disappear behind vegetation.  In the late 1980s this hotel...

    Bouvet: One of the Most Remote Islands in the World

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    In 1739 a French captain named Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier discovered a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Named for the French...
    Uncovering the history of the abandoned, forgotten, and unexplained.