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Foul Weather Slows Search for Missing Argentine Sub With 44 Aboard

By VOA on Nov 20, 2017 At Sea, Featured, National/World, World

An international fleet of ships and planes is fighting eight-meter high waves and 74 kilometer per hour winds searching for the ARA San Juan, a missing Argentine submarine with a crew of 44. The 2,000-ton, 66 meter long, German-built diesel-electric submersible disappeared Wednesday 430 kilometers off the coast of Argentina. The San Juan has been in […]

Invasive Green Crab Found at Dungeness Spit

By UW Today on Apr 26, 2017 At Sea

A new population of invasive European green crab has been found at Dungeness Spit, near Sequim, Washington, rekindling concern over the potential for damage to local marine life and shorelines. Staff and volunteers from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which manages Dungeness Spit National Wildlife Refuge, captured a total of 13 European green crab over […]