With the sliding doors open, trade winds from the sea pass through the residence.

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They take your sea pass, they scan it, and they make sure that every single passenger was there.

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And they make sure and they tell you that if anything was to happen that you are going to scan your sea pass and we're going to know who got off the ship and who's still on the ship so they know who to look for.

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And finally, just before you head out to sea, you will pass a series of fascinating ice-making houses where huge blocks of frozen water slide down rollercoaster runners and into the waiting boats.

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There may be something it wants to prevent: a threat to the sea-lanes through which pass its vital exports and imports, or a challenge to the existence of some valued ally.

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As the years pass the village has seen the sea claim more and more land and its future is far from certain.

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When we couldn't escape from a rough sea, we would take refuge in a cave and pass the night shivering.

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Officials say the final death toll is likely to pass 1, 000, with bodies still being recovered at sea.

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Thousands of Salmon, sea trout and eels will now be able to swim through the Warkworth Dam fish pass.

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He is running low on all his stores and has very little fuel left, so that listening to the radio or making telephone calls to pass the time is not an option during the long hot days at sea.

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