The centre will also have archaeology exhibitions about Hengistbury Head, chronicling its history from 60 million years ago when it was beneath a tropical sea, through to the Stone Age when humans hunted and camped there, to the Iron Age when it was an important trading port.

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The opponents of the project worry that the vast club will choke their scenic city of red-roofed stone houses and aquamarine sea, dubbed the Pearl of the Adriatic, and would represent an environmental hazard without bringing financial gains for Dubrovnik residents.

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It will open three treatment rooms and provide a vast menu of spa services, from hot stone massage to citrus and sea salt body exfoliations.

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The Reverend Roger Stone, of Apostleship of the Sea, has been on board to visit the men to try to help them.

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The same boats also compete to bring tourists out to the famous natural stone arch where the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez meet.

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The first thing I bought when I was asked to follow the Millennium Centre's foundation stone on its journey to Cardiff was a packet of sea-sickness tablets.

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The first recycled crustacean: only one claw is taken from a stone crab - the rest is tossed back in the sea (the claw regrows in 12 to 18 months, and crabs plucked again are called "retreads").

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Nan Madol comprises a set of almost 100 stone and coral fill platforms or artificial islets separated by narrow channels and enclosed by an outer sea wall.

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