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Frenchman Finishes Atlantic Crossing in Barrel

Seventy-two-year-old Jean-Jacques Savin this week floated across the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea, marking the end of his 122-day journey across the Atlantic in a 9-foot-long, bright-orange barrel.

Around the World Alone

The 2018 Golden Globe Race, a nonstop, solo sailing race that prohibits the use of modern technology, started on July 1, 2018. So far, two hardscrabble entrants have finished, but only two remain in a field that started with 18 boats.

The Yellow School Boat

In the Philippines, a charitable organization provides yellow school boats to children, so they don’t have to swim to school.

The Magnetic North Pole is on the Move

The magnetic north pole’s movement has sped up dramatically in the last 25 years, moving from Canada towards Siberia and causing cartographers and scientists headaches. READ MORE

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