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  • The unloading of containers from Scarlett Lucy, the ship that brings goods to Nauru only 6 times a year..The presence of the reef has prevented the establishment of a seaport, so the loading and unloading of containers is done at sea. Containers are then brought to shore with the help of an old Nauruan tug boat...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • The unloading of containers from Scarlett Lucy, the ship that brings goods to Nauru only 6 times a year..The presence of the reef has prevented the establishment of a seaport, so the loading and unloading of containers is done at sea. Containers are then brought to shore with the help of an old Nauruan tug boat...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Hunting game birds like Ptarmigan, by boat and with a rifle, with Bent and Dina Ignatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • Inuit hunting by boat and with a rifle. Bent and Dina Ignatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • Inda Mulla's relatives living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat. Keeping a bird as a pet on her boat.
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  • Bajau live a seaborne lifestyle, getting their food from the ocean. They are sometimes referred to as "Sea Gypsies”. They often live in bamboo stilt house settlement that can only be reached by boat.
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  • Fixing boat in heavy winds during a rainstorm. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.On Mantabuan island.
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  • Probably unaware of the piracy, tourists on their sailing boat, off the coast of Somalia, most likely on their way to the Seychelles...German Air Force working with Operation Atalanta (EU anti-piracy mission) and OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) on sea reconnaissance mission using P3 plane with Infra Red cameras and other high tech equipment, to identify potential piracy activities off the coast of Somalia...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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  • Cabinet in a boat. Going fishing with Marcus Stephen (Nauru's President, white baseball cap), Kieren Keke (Minister of Finance, black hat),  Riddel Akua (Minister for Transport and Telecommunications, with goatie beard), Dominic Tabuna (Member of Parliament, green shirt) and Rod Henshaw (Director of Media to the Government of Nauru, white shirt)...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Phosphate flies in the air as the boat is loading with it. Mining Phosphate on Nauru. The cantilever that loads Phosphate onto the ship, operated by Ronphos (= Republic of Nauru Phosphate)...Nauru, officially the Republic of Nauru is an island nation in Micronesia in the South Pacific.  Nauru was declared independent in 1968 and it is the world's smallest independent republic, covering just 21 square kilometers..Nauru is a phosphate rock island and its economy depends almost entirely on the phosphate deposits that originate from the droppings of sea birds. Following its exploitation it briefly boasted the highest per-capita income enjoyed by any sovereign state in the world during the late 1960s and early 1970s..In the 1990s, when the phosphate reserves were partly exhausted the government resorted to unusual measures. Nauru briefly became a tax haven and illegal money laundering centre. From 2001 to 2008, it accepted aid from the Australian government in exchange for housing a Nauru detention centre, with refugees from various countries including Afghanistan and Iraq..Most necessities are imported on the island..Nauru has parliamentary system of government. It had 17 changes of administration between 1989 and 2003. In December 2007, former weight lifting medallist Marcus Stephen became the President.
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  • Abandoned boats. Devastation upstream from the 30 Kilometers Abbotabad Lake, result of a huge landslide that took place in January 2010.
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  • Frigate Captain Nils Brandt returns to Djibouti harbour, passing French and US Army boats, after an operation carried out by the German navy...German Navy Force working with Operation Atalanta (EU anti-piracy mission) and OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) on sea reconnaissance mission using a battleship called "Schleswig-Holstein", to identify potential piracy activities off the coast of Somalia...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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  • Solpan, a fisherman, at dusk, off Bodgaya island.
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  • Sunday family fishing trip (arctic cod) in ice holes, with hunter Tobias Ignatiussen, his wife Silba, daughter Gerda and two friends Naima and Laila.<br />
Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Kid sleeping on a fish net. Fishermen fishing with nets on duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Inda Mula, an old Bajau woman living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Old man named Sahad fishing off Bodgaya island.
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  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • US Navy Seal diver searches for explosives, fearing an attack on the only US base in Africa. On his upper body is tattooed the Psalm 23 of the Bible...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Dido with cooked coral fish called "Ogus". On Mantabuan island.
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  • Colorful orange corral fish, caught off Mantabuan island.
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  • Colorful orange corral fish, caught off Mantabuan island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • In and around the stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Old man named Sahad fishing off Bodgaya island.
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  • Bamboo stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Marita's home. Bamboo stilt houses off Maiga Island.
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  • A family cooking diner of coral fish, over a fire. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Cooking over fire. Evening around bamboo stilt houses off Bodgaya island.
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  • A fisherman's catch after a morning fishing. In and around the stilt house settlement off Bodgaya island.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe.
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  • French soldiers defend Djibouti when neighbours like Eritrea invade the country. Captain of a P4 unit...The Foreign Legion, a unit of the French army, sets off on an anti-guerrilla exercise. .Djibouti offers the ideal terrain—it is hot and mountainous, just like Afghanistan...French soldiers defend Djibouti when neighbours like Eritrea invade the country. A ..The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_39.jpg
  • “We’ll fly down the corridor and turn around at the end,” says the tactical coordinator, nicknamed ‘Tacco.’ These men are on a mission as part of the EU’s Operation Atalanta. They have 8 hours to locate the wooden cutters and speedboats of Somali pirates.  German Air Force working with Operation Atalanta (EU anti-piracy mission) and OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) on sea reconnaissance mission using P3 plane with Infra Red cameras and other high tech equipment, to identify potential piracy activities off the coast of Somalia...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_13.jpg
  • Liberty Star and Liberty Spirit are lined up in the old port of Djibouti. The US freighters import 130,000 tonnes of wheat, under the auspices of the WFP; from here, supplies go out to Djibouti, Northern Somalia and, most importantly, Ethiopia.  At the Port, loading bags of Sorghum and Wheat to fight famine in Ethiopia. Brought on ships, these are donations of the USA via the World Food Program (WFP). The bags are loaded onto trucks bound to Ethiopia. 95% of the traffic going through the port goes to neighboring Ethiopia who does not have any coastline...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_02.jpg
  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
    MM8243_140212_11973.jpg
  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Catching a stingray. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • A fisherman scares fish with a long pole, to bring them into a fish net. A group of fishermen fishing with a net off Selakan island.
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  • Inda Mula, an old Bajau woman living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Fishing and hunting coral fish with Dido, from his dug-out canoe. Off Mantabuan island.
    MM8243_140212_12211.jpg
  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
    MM8243_140209_08899.jpg
  • A family cooking diner of coral fish, over a fire. Bajau family living all year round on a Lepa, a traditional houseboat.
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  • Her face dusted in bedak sejuk, a cooling powder made of rice and pandan leaves, Alpaida paddles out to visit friends in stilt houses. The teen and her family belong to the tribal group known as the Sea Bajau because they live year-round on their lepa-lepas, handmade houseboats.
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  • Frigate Captain Nils Brandt returns to Djibouti harbour after an operation carried out by the German navy...German Navy Force working with Operation Atalanta (EU anti-piracy mission) and OEF (Operation Enduring Freedom) on sea reconnaissance mission using a battleship called "Schleswig-Holstein", to identify potential piracy activities off the coast of Somalia...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_44.jpg
  • A freighter transports cattle to Saudi Arabia. It has come from northern Somalia, for Djibouti has suffered a long drought and its animals are too undernourished. ..The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_04.jpg
  • Moonrise in the afternoon. Sunday family fishing trip (arctic cod) in ice holes, with hunter Tobias Ignatiussen, his wife Silba, daughter Gerda and two friends Naima and Laila.<br />
Life in and around the Inuit settlement of Tasiilaq (population of 2000), in East Greenland.
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  • Looking underwater for octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe off Boheydulang island.
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  • Kids fishing coral fish on dug out canoes, near Bodgaya island.
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  • A group of fishermen fishing with a net off Selakan island.
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  • Catching octopus. Fisherman named Tarumpit fishing with duggout canoe.
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  • Landing. The Foreign Legion, a unit of the French army, sets off on an anti-guerrilla exercise. .Djibouti offers the ideal terrain—it is hot and mountainous, just like Afghanistan...The geostrategical and geopolitical importance of the Republic of Djibouti, located on the Horn of Africa, by the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, and bordered by Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia.
    Africa_Djibouti_10_37.jpg
  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
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  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_22.jpg
  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
    Paley_GlobalWarming_0307_17.jpg
  • Abandoned boats right near Moynaq town, former fishing port on the Aral Sea, now 180km from shore. Uzbeks people scraps the boat for metal.<br />
Since 1960's, The Aral Sea has been drained of 75% of its water, because of the diversion of upstream rivers that are used for cotton plantation. It use to be the 4th largest lake in the world. The resulting desertification is accelerating dramatically global warming. High salinity means no more fish. Anthrax and rabbies test were also done in a former island in the sea that is now linked to the shore.... <br />
Uzbekistan.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190923_0944.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190923_0775.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • A motor boat on the water the Abu Dhabi marina bay, as viewed from the Four Seasons Hotel.
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  • Leaving Isortoq. Going seal hunting, on a boat, with Bent and Dina Igniatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Udaipur: Boat ride on Lake Pichola.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190925_1744.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190925_1773.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190925_1663.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190921_0323.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190924_1468.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat trip along the Bosphorus river, watching the Yali, those mansion constructed at immediate waterside.
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  • Checking the accuracy of the rifle with a target. Going seal hunting, on a boat, with Bent and Dina Igniatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
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  • Icebergs in the polar night with Isortoq in the distance. Going seal hunting, on a boat, with Bent and Dina Igniatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
    MM8243_131210_02279.jpg
  • Icebergs in the polar night. Going seal hunting, on a boat, with Bent and Dina Igniatiussen. Life in and around the small Inuit settlement of Isortoq (population of 64), in East Greenland.
    MM8243_131210_02235.jpg
  • Men hauling a fishing net into an industrial fishing boat.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190924_1073.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190924_1048.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
    Azores_Atlantis_190925_1720.jpg
  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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  • Boat sailing around the Azores island and watching aquatic wildlife.
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