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John Fairfax, 1st known person to row alone across Atlantic Ocean, dies in ...

Washington Post - Feb 20, 2012
John Fairfax, the first known person to row alone across the Atlantic Ocean, has died at his Las Vegas-area home. He was 74. The self-described “professional adventurer” died Feb. 8 of an apparent heart attack in Henderson, his wife, Tiffany, ...

Lab-Raised Coral Placed in Atlantic

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The Ledger - Feb 19, 2012
AP FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH | Researchers are hoping some lab-raised corals will thrive in the Atlantic Ocean off South Florida. The staghorn coral specimens have been raised over the last 18 months in 400-gallon tanks at the National Coral Reef Institute ...

Quest to help vets

Boston Herald - Feb 20, 2012
By Matt Stout A Boston accountant prepping for a grueling monthlong voyage across the Atlantic Ocean — replete with 100-degree heat, 12-hour days and hungry sharks — hopes his quest for a world record will help spotlight a Hub program designed to ...

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Atlantic Ocean books

Bumfuzzle - Just Out Looking For Pirates

by: Patrick Schulte
The story of a young couple who, without any prior sailing experience, decide one night over too many drinks that they are going to sail around the world. One year later they are bobbing around in the Bahamas on a thirty-five foot catamaran teaching themselves how to cross oceans in a small boat.

Along their way they meet amazing people, visit locations only accessible by those on their own yachts, become television actors in Australia, minor celebrities in Puerto Rico, and generally have a great time of it all.
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Finding Your Way Without Map or Compass

by: Harold Gatty
Today's adventurers will learn how to find their way in the wilderness, in towns, in the desert, in snow-covered areas — even on the ocean — by observing birds, animals, weather patterns, vegetation, shifting sands, patterns of snow fields, and the positions of the sun, moon, and stars.
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