A Frenchman has begun his epic attempt to be the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean
Ben Lecomte’s swim between Tokyo and San Francisco will take between six to eight months.
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Ben Lecomte’s swim between Tokyo and San Francisco will take between six to eight months.
One giant lava flow grew to six meters in height and blocked a portion of a motorway.
Six adults and a baby were on board the dinghy.
Doubts have been raised about their story.
Jennifer Appel Tasha Fuiaba’s sailboat engine broke on 30 May and they have been stranded at sea since.
The men were stranded for about 8 days.
… however things will start heating up rapidly after that.
The cable, which will deliver speeds of up to 60Tb/s and is being backed by six companies including Google, will be ready around mid-2016.
Dubliner Philip Cavanagh recently became the first Irishman ever to row the 2,000-plus miles journey.
Irishman Philip Cavanagh chats to TheScore.ie while rowing a 2,100-mile journey across the Pacific Ocean.
Aoife Ní Mhaoileoin, a doctor from Dublin, is preparing to undertake an intensive 2,400 mile-journey from California to Hawaii.
Philip Cavanagh is hoping to raise €100,000 as part of the challenge, which will involve roughly four weeks of continuous rowing.
Tons of highly toxic water spilled out when workers removed the wrong pipe during works.
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Latest reports suggest that between 60 to 70 homes have been damaged by waves crashing into at least four villages on Santa Cruz Islands.
Homes nearby were shaken but there have been no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Tokelau islands in the Pacific have population of 1,500 and were using 2,000 barrels of diesel a year to power generators.
The Panamanian fisherman watched his two companions die after a US cruise liner sailed past their distressed vessel in the middle of the Pacific and failed to stop.
The president of the Pacific island says the plan might sound like science fiction, but insists every option should be explored as the sea level rises and threatens Kiribati residents.
No damage or casualties yet reported in 7.5-magnitude quake in ‘Ring of Fire’ region.
Some 11,000 people have been evacuated from the Pacific islands by the Russian authorities in anticipation of a tsunami.