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Under sail on the great Southern Ocean

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A man who was part of a crew that sailed the Southern Ocean to Antarctica. The trip to Commonwealth Bay was cold, and there was no heater aboard the vessel. The experiences of a couple who spent a long period of time in a hut built by explorer Douglas Mawson are also described.

Author: McCormick, Herb
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1996
Ocean travel, Description and travel, Southern Ocean

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10,000 miles in a dugout canoe

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A single-handed voyage in an outrigger canoe from Panama to the Marquesas Islands is described. The adventurer lost all his supplies when the boat capsized and had to continue his journey as a primitive man in an empty canoe.

Author: Torroba, Alberto Jose
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1992

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Rough ride to Mindanao

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A singlehanded sailing voyage across the Pacific Ocean from Fatu Hiva to the Philippines aboard a 15-foot dugout canoe is described. Navigation was done without a compass and birds were often used to find land.

Author: Torroba, Alberto Jose
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1993

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Adventure and adventurers, Adventure, Adventurers, Sailing, Single-handed, Single handed sailing
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