Alive in the dead zone

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A personal narrative is presented of the area around the reactors of Chernobyl, in the Ukraine, where a nuclear power station exploded in 1986. Scientists state that the full effects of the explosion will not be seen for decades, since some cancers take a long time to develop.

Author: Theroux, Marcel
Publisher: American Express Publishing Corporation
Publication Name: Travel & Leisure
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0041-2007
Year: 2001
Health aspects, Environmental aspects, Accidents, Nuclear power plants, Chernobyl, Ukraine, Nuclear Accident, 1986, Chernobyl, Ukraine

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The rock of ages

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An overview is presented of the Oily Rocks oil rig, located on the Western shore of Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan. Built in 1940 and once the major success of the Azerbaijan oil industry, it is the biggest and oldest oil platform in the world, but is on the edge of ruin in 2001.

Author: Theroux, Marcel
Publisher: American Express Publishing Corporation
Publication Name: Travel & Leisure
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0041-2007
Year: 2001
Petroleum industry, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan, Oil well drilling rigs, Oil drilling rigs

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The very, very, very big chill

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A personal narrative of traveling through the cold Siberian climate is given.

Author: Theroux, Marcel
Publisher: American Express Publishing Corporation
Publication Name: Travel & Leisure
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0041-2007
Year: 2000
Russia, Description and travel, Siberia, Voyages and travels

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