Internet-Famous FLIP Ship Sent for Scrap
One of the internet’s most revered unusual ships, known simply as FLIP, has been sent for scrap. The Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP), owned by the
One of the internet’s most revered unusual ships, known simply as FLIP, has been sent for scrap. The Floating Instrument Platform (FLIP), owned by the
By Gloria Dickie CAPE COD BAY, Massachusetts, June 6 (Reuters) – In Cape Cod Bay, 10-year-old Pilgrim and her calf skim the water’s
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Seeking to aid climate research and weather forecasts, the world’s now-second largest shipping line will make millions of weather observations covering
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Researchers at the Universities of Oxford and Edinburgh have worked out the unique set of conditions that allow for the creation of ‘freak’ or
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