In places, the ground was so boggy the line had to be laid on a floating raft of logs, where it is still ironed flat by passing trains.

BBC: Full steam ahead

Floating in a life raft near the vessel were DeGeorge, Paul Ebeling--who had been with DeGeorge when boat number two sank in 1976 and was now the chief executive of a DeGeorge-controlled company--and a third man, Gabriel Falco.

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