No ship would be permitted to enter or leave.

VOA: special.2009.07.23

The next day there was still no ship in sight so Dudley told Brooks to avert his gaze and he motioned to Stevens that the boy, Parker, had better be killed.

又过了一天，依然没有船只的影子,于是达德利叫布鲁克斯转过头去,并示意斯蒂芬斯，最好杀掉派克。

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Ships often sank. No one could survive the freezing waters in this dangerous area if the ship went down.

VOA: special.2009.12.23

If a ship was sailing in the middle of the ocean, a navigator could make mistakes using dead reckoning and no harm would be done.

VOA: special.2011.07.06

But Ahmed the alleged pirate whose phone number was given to VOA by the agent operating the ship, says no arms are on board.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10