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| Crossing the Bering Strait in a Land Rover! | | 2008-08-12 01:13:11 | | Steve Burgess and Dan Evans from the Cape to Cape Land Rover expedition recently crossed the Bering Strait, which is the icy water passage between Russia and Alaska. They didn't travel by ship to Alaska they traveled by Land Rover with inflatable tubes attached to their Defender 110. In the video below you can watch them crossing the icy waters to Alaska. You can also read more about the Cape to Cape Expedition on their website at the LINK.
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| Strait Of Hormuz Update: Was It Normal Or Never Happened? | | 2008-01-10 12:11:00 | | OK, newest update of info that I could find about the Strait of Hormuz incident. In my UPDATE Article yesterday, I just listed more basic info which included the ships reportedly involved and some video footage. It also included some statements by Iranian Representatives. But now we seem to have some contradictions that need to be addressed.In yesterdays article, I noted "So far, Iran has denounced the video as fabricated. The state-run Press TV quoted a spokesman for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy as saying that the video "had been compiled using file pictures and the audio had been fabricated." Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman downplayed the incident earlier, calling it "normal." "The case ... was similar to the past ones and it was a regular and natural issue," Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said."Okay, so something happened, and the U.S. was just blowing it out of proportion then? Okay, I can roll with that. At least we know that there was SOME KIND of occurrence, but it wasn't all it was made out to be according to Iranian sources.Now, here is were I have a problem. As noted in the quotes above, SOMETHING happened according to the Iranian sources, but it was "normal" activity that occurs all the time. But from today's video release by Iran, NOTHING at all happened. Here are just two of many links for the Iranian's version of the video. I just took ABCNews and FOXNews they were at hand.Get my point in this? Did something of no significance happen? Or did nothing of no significance happen? You don't get both? Which is why I am skeptical of Iran's reports, and am going to go with U.S. reports that there was at least SOME KIND of incident. As for authenticity of EITHER sides video, that will have to wait for now.Article info provided by ABCNews and FOXNews.... | | By: Hoopy Frood Dude | | |
| | Update: Confrontation In The Strait Of Hormuz | | 2008-01-09 12:05:00 | | Okay, this is just a general update of information about the confrontation between U.S. warships and the Iranian boats in the Strait of Hormuz.First off, here is the four minute, twenty second video released by the Pentagon. The easiest find was an upload by user Niteflyte6 on YouTube. The video was taken from the bridge area of one of the U.S. warships. There is additional video on CNN.com HERE.The Pentagon has identified the three U.S. ships as the guided missile destroyer USS Hopper DDG-70, the guided missile cruiser USS Port Royal CG-73 and the guided-missile frigate USS Ingraham DD-444.Apparently, the "box-like" objects dropped in the water by the Iranian boats, in the path of the U.S. warships DID float and were white in color. They were not retrieved as their contents were unknown.It's still unknown at this time if the transmissions received by the U.S. warships originated from the Iranian boats themselves, another boat in the area or from a land based communicator.It should be noted that back in November, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps had taken command of Tehran's naval operations. So it is likely that it was in fact the Revolutionary Guard Corps responsible for this act.So far, Iran has denounced the video as fabricated. The state-run Press TV quoted a spokesman for Iran's Revolutionary Guard Navy as saying that the video "had been compiled using file pictures and the audio had been fabricated." Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman downplayed the incident earlier, calling it "normal." "The case ... was similar to the past ones and it was a regular and natural issue," Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said.Article info and video provided by CNN.com and YouTube's Niteflyte6.... | | By: Hoopy Frood Dude | | |
| | RUSSIA: Lessons of disaster in the Kerch Strait | | 2007-11-29 07:28:19 | | On November 11 of this year, a fierce storm sank five vessels in the Kerch Strait, leaking about two thousand tons of fuel oil into the water. This disaster has raised many questions. The first...
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| Krakatau, Sunda Strait | | 2007-11-27 15:02:05 | | Krakatau Volcanic Complex lies in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra Island. This complex are islands of Rakata (Krakatau Besar/Big Rakata), Verlaten (Sertung), Lang (Rakata Kecil/Small Rakata or Panjang) and Anak Krakatau (Child of Krakatau). The first three islands are the remnant of the Krakatau Volcano, and Anak Krakatau is the new island that constructed after the eruption of Danan and Perbuatan volcano.It has erupted repeatedly, massively and with disastrous consequences throughout recorded history. The best known eruption culminated in a series of massive explosions on August 26-27, 1883.This volcano has started erupting again in October and November 2007, when hot gases, rocks, and lava were released. Scientists monitoring the volcano have warned people to stay out of a 3km zone around the island.How to get thereThere are several route that can be used.1. From Tanjung Priuk (Priuk Harbor), Jakarta use Jet-Foils or cruise2. From Labuan Harbor, Banten (Java Island) use a b... | | By: Visit Indonesia, euy... | | |
| | Sunda Strait Festival not affected by Krakatau`s activities | | 2007-11-23 12:22:04 | | The Sunda Strait Festival which will be held to celebrate the 51st anniversary of South Lampung district will not be affected by Krakatau lesser`s volcanic activities, a local official has said. "There is no official information about prohibition to hold events including shipping activities on the Sunda Strait due to Krakatau lesser`s activities so that the festival remains to be held," spokesman
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