PHOTOS: Pacific Shipwrecks Potential Toxic Timebombs
Wednesday, November 26, 2008 - 15:56
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Nearly 3,700 World War II shipwrecks lie submerged in the Pacific Ocean, some containing noxious cargo including oil, diesel, gasoline, chemicals, and even unexploded ordnance.
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