The ocean can be a dangerous place.
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On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan left Papua New Guinea in a twin-engine Lockheed airplane, bound for Howland Island, a tiny island 2,550 miles to the east. They were never seen again, and speculation as to their fate continues to this day.
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The Basic Wiki
About air navigation
A research archive
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In this special short, we discuss what happened in April 1990: four men set off in the boat Casie Nicole for a seven day fishing trip. Five days later, one of them was picked up floating, alive, in a wooden bait-box, but with no sign of the other three men. To this day their fate is unknown.
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From the Unsolved Wiki
From Unsolved Mysteries
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On March 4, 1918, the US Navy ship Cyclops left Barbados to sail to Baltimore-and vanished without a trace.
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The basics
A lengthy discussion
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Mysterious things are washing up on shore. Tjipetir Tiles are washing up all over Europe. Two mysterious crates found floating off the coast of Florida-one filled with balloons. This one is still unexplained, but I’ve got an idea….
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Tjipetir tiles
Balloons!
Donald Crowhurst, a 35-year-old British inventor and businessman, set out in October 1968 to sail around the world alone as part of a contest. In July 1969 his sailboat was discovered adrift and without its skipper. Then things got even stranger.
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About Donald’s story
Details about the race
His actual route