The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes. Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)

Saturday, March 11, 2006

End of the Line - Where Giant Ships Go When they Die


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What happens when huge cargo ships are retired? Where do they go? Who dismantles them? I guess I've never really thought about it, I guess I thought they all just went out to the middle of the ocean and sank to the bottom. This photo essay is really interesting.

1 Comments:

Blogger fungua mlango said...

NPR had a great show about a week ago on this, very thought-provoking you are right...unfortunately, they said that the pay was ridiculously low considering how dangerous the work is.

3/12/2006 9:49 PM

 

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