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For thousands of years, the perils of the sea have claimed uncountable numbers of victims. Bad weather, rocks and icebergs, equipment failures, and human error have all sent ships to watery graves. While modern technology has made sea-going vessles safer and rescues easier, terrible disasters still occur. With dramatic images and eyewitness accounts - plus the latest facts and figures - this book gives you a close-up look at disaters at sea. Disasters Up Close Series.