The Russian Navy intercepted the Arctic Sea 300 miles off Cape Verde, a group of islands west of Senegal, three weeks after it vanished and sparked international intrigue.

俄罗斯海军在距佛得角300英里，塞内加尔以西的一处岛群拦截了这艘货船。三周前该船失踪并引发了国际骚动。

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The Arctic Sea was located in the Atlantic, 300 miles off the Cape Verde islands.

北极海位于大西洋中，距佛得角海岛300英里。

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Then, French officials reported the same day that a ship "resembling" the Arctic Sea had been spotted off the Cape Verde islands, west of Senegal, though there was no immediate confirmation.

然后，法国官方在同一天宣布，塞内加尔西部的佛得角群岛海岸远处发现一艘“像是”“北冰洋”号的货船，尽管没有进一步的确认消息。

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Save the Children missions today stretch from the Arctic Circle to the Cape of Good Hope, providing food, education and medicine.

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Meanwhile, the Russian navy has in recent days been engaged in what it has presented as a dramatic anti-piracy mission: apprehending, off the Cape Verde islands, eight people on board a Russian-owned cargo ship called the Arctic Sea, whose crew claimed to have been hijacked, at least briefly, in the Baltic in late July.

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