By the end of the week Ackman had caught a 24-pound sea-run brown trout on a fly, then returned the favor with an astounding offer: a job.

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But the equipment needed to operate each well is too heavy to put on a floating platform, so it has to be installed on the sea-bed and run and maintained by remote-controlled submarines.

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"The Egyptians were fertilising the land, and then fertilising the sea with the run-off, " she said.

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The direct impacts are the run-off of melting waters into the sea.

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The 1, 800km (1, 100-mile) fence is set to run from the Red Sea coast in the west to the edge of Oman in the east.

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If sailings can take place, the company has said it would then run virtually non-stop shuttle services across the Irish Sea in order to get all the supporters across, weather permitting.

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Local tours now offer visitors the chance to dress up as the Witch-king of Angmar or the wizard Gandalf, and run around in the sea of grass waving replica swords.

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As a regime it could help you forget most things - you venture into the icy night in swimming costume, psyche yourself up for a few minutes in a shallow outdoor hot-water pool on the dockside, run the 100m or so to the sea and then plunge in, screaming.

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