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| | No. 1390: Crossing the English Channel |
 | | The English and French actually began a tunnel as long ago as 1881, but the British aborted it for fear it could serve the French as an invasion route. | | | In the end, England and France put their fear of one another aside and completed a joint Channel Tunnel in 1994. | | | Most recently, we've crossed the English Channel from below by tunneling under it. |
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| | SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On English Channel |
| | Despite the supporting inflatables and a constant spray of water, it had not made it to release in the English Channel, as had been the plan. | | | What he meant was that patriotism required sacrifice, said Goldwater, and that General Eisenhower had been the ultimate "extremist" for liberty when he sent the Allied troops across the English Channel against Adolf Hitler. | | | The ship had been traveling from England to the island of Guernsey in the English Channel. |
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| | In October, Mussolini attacked Greece and lost in result 1/3 of Albania, until Hitler was forced to assist him by attacking Greece as well. | | | They brought their Brythonic language with them, which evolved into Breton which is still partially intelligible with Modern Welsh and Cornish. | | | The Channel Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Normandy, France, in the English ChannelEnglish Channel. |
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| | Scotsman.com News - English Channel collisions |
| | AN inquiry into how a second vessel crashed into a shipwreck in the English Channel was continuing last night, French Coastguards said. | | | AN investigation was under way today after two ships collided in the English Channel, coastguards said today. | | | WITH between 400 and 500 shipping movements a day, the Channel is one of the busiest - and most dangerous - sea corridors in the world. |
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| | CNN.com - First woman to swim English Channel dies at 98 - Dec. 1, 2003 |
| | Ederle had spent the last several years living at the Christian Health Care Center in Wyckoff, New Jersey, about 25 miles northwest of New York City, said Martin Ward, whose wife is one of Ederle's 10 surviving nieces and nephews. | | | "People said women couldn't swim the channel," Ederle told The Associated Press in a 2001 interview marking the 75th anniversary of her feat. | | | That same year, she made her first try at the English Channel, saying later that she failed only because a worried trainer grabbed her when she briefly began coughing. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/12/01/obit.ederle.ap/index.html
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| | The English Channel Tunnel: |
| | This organization could be described as the original party which introduced its plans before the Joint Technical Commission. | | | His plan included chimneys which ventilated the tunnel& oil lamps. | | | If the two countries were to be at war, the tunnel could be flooded to prevent either nation from invading the other. |
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| | PT Boat Operations in the English Channel - 1944 |
| | A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF U.S. A three page document by LT. A.H. Harris, USNR, describing the mission of the PTs in the English Channel and the bases from which they operated. | | | The others are multi-page documents and have been placed on separate Web Pages. | | | This page and those that are linked to it have been transcribed from actual copies of navy documents from the files of the Division of Naval Records and History. |
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| | Al-Jazeera plans English channel - (United Press International) |
| | A spokesman said that the English channel would feature English-speaking Arabs as anchors and reporters and would not simply be a translation of the Arabic service. | | | Al-Jazeera is based in Qatar and subsidized by the government there. | | | Last month, the channel's office in Baghdad was closed by the Iraqi government. |
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| | Normandy Invasion -- Crossing the English Channel on D-Day, 6 June 1944 |
| | This page features all the views we have of Allied shipping crossing the English Channel at the beginning of the Normandy Invasion. | | | Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. | | | A convoy of Landing Craft Infantry (Large) sails across the English Channel toward the Normandy Invasion beaches on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. |
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| | Newstimeslive.com Swimmer's faith led him across English Channel |
| | The Story you are looking for has been moved to the archives | | | But strong faith, as well as strong arms, got him across the English Channel. | | | Newstimeslive.com Swimmer's faith led him across English Channel |
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| | English Channel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Nevertheless, the channel has been the scene of many invasions and attempted invasions, including the Roman conquest of Britain, the Norman Conquest in 1066, the Spanish Armada in 1588, and the Normandy landings in 1944. | | | The channel has been a key natural defence for Britain, allowing the nation to intervene but rarely be dangerously threatened in European conflicts, mostly notable in the fight aganist Napoleon I of France during the Napoleonic Wars and Adolf Hitler during the World War II. | | | The English Channel (French: La Manche (IPA: [mɑ̃ʃ]), "the sleeve") is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. |
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| | Sri Chinmoy Marathon Team - Thinking or Dreaming of Swimming The English Channel? |
| | But we all had a victory that would not have been possible without one of the team. | | | When I first met Sri Chinmoy, I was quite astounded by the stories I read of his students who had swum The English Channel. | | | Dhavala, Shayamala, and Bhagirathi were my added as my Channel Crew. |
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| | English Channel Wins Second Leg of Slam |
| | English Channel patiently raced behind Chattahoochee War, trained by Bobby Frankel, before making his move before the eighth pole. | | | While passing every test in his young career, English Channel had never raced over soft ground, and torrential rains that began to fall two races before the Virginia Derby left the course soft and yielding. | | | With a victory Saturday in the signature race at Colonial Downs, however, Pletcher might begin to let his mind wander. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/16/AR2005071601074_pf.html
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| | Capital News 9 24 Hour Local News HEADLINES Blind man kayaks English Channel |
| | Nothing was going to stand in his way. | | | Forget that he couldn't see and his arms were like rubber from paddling -- he had other problems. | | | A local man sees beyond his disability and takes an adventure across the English Channel. |
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| | English Channel |
| | English Channel earned $450,000 for the Virginia Derby win to push his bankroll to $872,691 for owner James Scatuorchio and trainer Todd Pletcher. | | | English Channel made a steady advance on the turn while racing three-wide and had a head in front of Classic Campaign at the top of the stretch. | | | Chattahoochee War went to the lead under Patrick Valenzuela and set reasonable early fractions of 24.99 and 49.96 on a yielding turf course. |
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| | TimesDispatch.com Derby favorite faces challenges |
| | Although English Channel was nominated for the Triple Crown, it was with some reluctance other than "we were going to support the event anyway," Scatuorchio said. | | | That was English Channel's shortest race to date and ended a seven-month layoff to recover from a hairline fracture of a bone in his hindleg. | | | A steal at twice the price, English Channel apparently was overlooked because of his size. |
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| | Swimming around the world |
| | Although the 34km (21 mile) English Channel is considered the most gruelling swim in the world, other waterways were tackled in the quest to become the one who swims further and faster: Siberia’s Lake Baikal, Cuba to the Florida Keys, the Canada Channel, Catalina Channels, Manhattan Island, and even the Bering Strait. | | | Sadly, she became partially deaf as a result of her Channel swim. | | | It brought her even further international acclaim, and a ticker parade in New York. |
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| | Search: english channel by ferry |
| | Channel to the French ports of Calais or Dunkerque. | | | Channel (French : La Manche, IPA : [m?~?], " the sleeve "), also for some time known in England... | | | But his ultimate challenge was to beat the Blue Train from Cannes to Cala... |
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| | CTV.ca Oil tanker hits sunken ship in English Channel |
| | Last U.S. survivor of Titanic dies at age 99 | | | She said hourly broadcasts by both British and French coast guards warn of the wreck, which is in a very busy lane of the channel where 400 to 500 ships move each day. | | | The 243-metre Vicky already lost some fuel after the crash in the English Channel and was listing slightly in Belgian territorial waters, some 30 kilometres from the North Sea port of Ostend. |
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| | English Channel Rolls to Virginia Derby Win - bloodhorse.com |
| | English Channel won his fifth race in six starts and more than doubled his career earnings, which now stand at $872,691. | | | The resulting sprint to the wire proved again to be no contest when English Channel overpowered Chattahoochee War in 2:02.57 for the 1 1/4-mile test for 3-year-olds on a yielding turf course. | | | With Chattahoochee War setting a pace (:24.99, :49.96, 1:14.43 and 1:38.23) that was similar to what Mad Adam produced on June 25, Velazquez sent English Channel to the lead shortly before coming out of the turn. |
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| | Lost Patrols - Submarine Wrecks of the English Channel |
| | Into 183 A4-size pages, McCartney has poured his enthusiasm, his research and the results of eight years' diving the German U-boats of both world wars sunk in the Channel. | | | This book brings to life the stories of the 121 submarines that lie entombed on the seabed of the English Channel. | | | Every wreck-diver will want this on his bookshelf and every diveboat skipper will need one in his cabin. |
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| | DailyProgress.com English Channel claims Virginia Derby |
| | Chattahoochee War was second paying $6.40 and $4.80 and Irish-bred Rebel Rebel, making his first start in the United States, paid $3.20 for third. | | | English Channel has now won his last four races but needs two more to win the Grand Slam. | | | NEW KENT - John Velazquez mirrored his ride aboard English Channel in his $500,000 Colonial Turf Cup three weeks ago at Colonial Downs in Saturday’s 8th running of the $750,000 Virginia Derby (gr. |
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| | Investigation of Snapping Sound in UK Waters |
| | These reports seem to suggest that mantis shrimps, which are primarily known to thrive in warm waters, are habituating in the relatively cool waters of the English Channel. | | | This signal was noted to be strikingly similar to that most often associated with snapping shrimp, colonies of which are known to produce an ambient crackling sound not dissimilar to the sound of frying food. | | | Given the fact that mantis shrimp have been shown to make clicking noises, it is possible that their presence in the English Channel influences the ambient acoustic spectrum in those waters. |
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| | Channel Tubular Railway 1892 - Early English Channel Tunnel Company |
| | This historic document has an ornate border around it with a vignette of a train going under the English Channel and two women holding hands, one holding a French Flag and the other an English Flag. | | | This item is hand signed by the Company's President and Secretary and Treasurer and is over 114 years old. | | | If you are publishing a book for educational purposes or with the press, please contact us directly at 703-787-3552 for use of our content. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited The Guardian (Dead) dolphin watching in English Channel |
| | The dolphin watchers who spend every hour of daylight outside on the observation platforms have had daily sightings of large family groups of sea mammals, known as pods. | | | Other days there have been 40 to 100 animals. | | | Sitting in an open boat in the English Channel during choppy February weather waiting for hours for a pair of trawlers to haul in their nets is a tough way of gathering evidence. |
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| | Channel Swimming.com -- English Channel swimming -- Long distance - open water swimming |
| | This site is expanding fast and we are still building it - the pages are not all active at the moment but they have been added to set up future links and to show the way we are thinking. | | | We have both been intensively involved in the administration, organizing, assisting and piloting/escorting of English Channel swims, and other types of Channel crossings, for the past 22 years. | | | Are you thinking of swimming the English Channel - need to know how you can do it - how much it costs - what is involved or where to stay? |
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| | ReadWriteThink: August 6, 2005: The first woman swam the English Channel in 1926. |
| | Learn everything about Ederle’s famous swim across the English Channel, from how her father taught her to swim to how she fought against the social belief that women could not achieve on the same level as men. | | | Students can use the ReadWriteThink Printing Press to create flyers that campaign for their choices. | | | Then ask your students to forecast which of today's athletes will still be remembered for their accomplishments in 75 to 100 years, as Ederle is remembered 79 years after her famous swim across the English Channel. |
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| | Sports: Ederle crosses the the English Channel |
| | She had tried to swim the 35-mile-wide channel the previous summer and was within 61/2 miles of her goal when exhaustion overtook her. | | | And when she struggled out of the surf near the white cliffs of Dover, the first woman to swim across the English Channel, she brought with her a record that would become the women's standard for 35 years. | | | She was an athlete of note even before conquering what was called the Mount Everest of swimming. |
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| | SPACE.com -- Austrian Flies Across English Channel |
| | The first man to parachute from Malaysia's Petronas Towers _ the world's tallest building _ Baumgartner said it wasn't by chance that he chose the English Channel to literally try out his wing. | | | Felix Baumgartner made the 34-kilometer (21-mile) trip in 14 minutes, according to Sarah Christofi, his spokeswoman. | | | There's a lot of spirit in this place,'' he said. |
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| | Dominic Rainsford - new and used books |
| | NEW CONDITION This is a study of the significance of the English Channel in British and French literature from the 1780s onwards: a timely subject given the intense debates in progress about the actual and desired relationships between Britain and mainland Europe. | | | Literature, identity, and the English Channel; narrow seas expanded. |
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| | English Channel Swim Challenge |
| | The brothers, Andy (age 43), Matt (42), Courtney (41), Michael (39), and Jim (38), also hope to raise awareness for Prader-Willi Syndrome, the genetic disorder from which Patty unknowingly suffered for the first 35 years of her life. | | | English Channel, which separates England and France in tribute to their 45-year old sister, Patty. | | | Their swim is appropriate because their introduction to swimming was through Patty, who as a child was placed in a swimming program to help develop her low muscle tone and to maintain her weight. |
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| | The English Channel Cartoons |
| | This page only includes cartoons from our archive, for more cartoons on news related topics, click here. | | | Copyright in this image is owned by the original artist, rights to reproduce or use the image may be obtained from www.CartoonStock.com. | | | Follow the links at the bottom of this page to search on other topics or to purchase reproduction rights for any of these images or merchandise incorporating the cartoons. |
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| | USATODAY.com - English Channel wins second leg of Grand Slam of Grass |
| | English Channel also won last month's Colonial Turf Cup at Colonial Downs, the first leg in the Grand Slam of Grass, which was created by track owner Jeffrey Jacobs for 3-year-olds. | | | Velazquez kept English Channel running in second place, a length and a half behind the pacesetter, for the first mile of Saturday's race before flashing to the outside out of the turn. | | | Ridden by John Velazquez, English Channel covered the 1 1/4 mile Secretariat Turf Course in 2:02.57, paying $4.20, $3.30 and $2.60. |
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| | CNN - Ships collide in English Channel; rescue operation under way - August 24, 1999 |
| | The collision between the cruise ship and the container vessel, the Ever Decent, occurred in the English Channel, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes. | | | Coast Guard officials said the Dream's remaining passengers appeared unhurt. | | | The container ship was reported on fire and taking in water, and was listing at a 40-degree angle. |
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| | English Channel Dating |
| | Listed right are the latest people using maxidate. | | | Maxidate internet personals service is a fantastic new internet dating service. | | | We give a free trial and you can contact members interested in English Channel Dating with email and SMS. |
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| | English_channel_ferries - Great UK Deals |
| | Compare ferry and tunnel prices to find and book some of the cheapest. | | | Easy, fast and secure real time ferry ticket bookings for cheap English Channel ferry crossings. | | | Find fantastic deals on ferry and Eurostar holidays. |
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| | Gizmodo : Virgin King Branson Drives Car Across English Channel |
| | Britain's Richard Branson is off flying balloons and funding space programs and driving his Gibbs Aquada car/boat hybrid across the English Channel, setting world records and what not. | | | Our billionaires just sit around funding private wars and undermining regional economies, which okay, is pretty cool, but maybe next time they should do it while skyboarding or something. | | | Virgin King Branson Drives Car Across English Channel |
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| | Open Directory - Sports: Water Sports: Swimming and Diving: Open Water |
| | Channel Swimming Association (CSA) - Governing body of official swim records for swimming the English Channel. | | | Swimming the English Channel - Offers information on Simon Murie's solo swim of the English Channel in September 2002. | | | The Association promotes swimming in natural bodies of water. |
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| | The English Channel - Band Information |
| | Greg got his first guitar shortly after seeing the Beatles on television—the Beatles cartoon series, that is. It would be years before he discovered that the lovable mop-tops were more than just a two-dimensional bid to bang-shang-a-lang the Archies off the Saturday-morning line-up. | | | Hoosier by birth, contrarian by nature, Greg Marrs brings nearly 30 years' experience as a self-delusional professional musician to the English Channel. | | | The English Channel CD Recorded at Sounddog Studios, Richmond, VA, April-June, 2003. |
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| | cheap english channel ferries |
| | This page has been especially for people searching for english channel ferries and we've listed some of the best sites for english channel ferries. | | | Have fun and don't for get to pack your sun tan lotion. | | | Get the best and cheapest holidays from Get Holidays |
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| | Winter Needs : Black English Channel Mats : |
| | Until an enterprising entrepreneur developed English Channel Mats. | | | A system of unusually deep, wide channels trap water, slush, and melting snow, and collect it for later disposal. | | | And the natural flexibility of rubber, together with its heft, enables English Channel Mats to conform perfectly to the shape of your floor. |
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| | Amphibious car crosses English Channel - Peculiar Postings - MSNBC.com |
| | CALAIS, France - Entrepreneur Richard Branson set a new world record on Monday by driving across the English Channel in a James-Bond style amphibious sports car in under two hours. | | | The flamboyant Virgin Group chairman, who set records crossing the Atlantic by hot air balloon and speed boat, slashed almost four and a half hours off the world record for crossing the channel in an amphibious vehicle set by two Frenchmen in the 1960s. | | | He emerged from the car, elated but wet, in a Bond-style dinner jacket after a 22-mile journey between Dover and Calais. |
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| | Channel Swimming Association Ltd |
| | Sorry, you don"t appear to have frame support. | | | Go here instead - Channel Swimming Association Ltd |
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| | Welcome to Eurotunnel |
| | To find out more about the Group and for Shareholder information, Click here | | | The motorist's number one choice for crossing the Channel. | | | Eurotunnel freight helps you make your delivery commitments with confidence. |
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| | BBC NEWS UK Skydiver in record Channel flight |
| | Felix Baumgartner leapt from a plane above Dover at 0509 BST, landing 22 miles (35 kilometres) away in Cap Blanc-Nez near Calais just 14 minutes later. | | | An Austrian man has become the first person to skydive across the English Channel. | | | Felix Baumgartner glided 22 miles across the Channel |
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| | guichett - 31979L0115 - |
| | Council Directive 79/115/EEC of 21 December 1978 concerning pilotage of vessels by deep-sea pilots in the North Sea and English Channel | | | CONCERNING PILOTAGE OF VESSELS BY DEEP-SEA PILOTS IN THE NORTH SEA AND ENGLISH CHANNEL | | | HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 84 (2) THEREOF, |
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