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  Friday  December 12  2003    11: 54 AM

environment

Whales Reveal Man's Damaging Impact on Oceans

Sailing the world's remotest seas in search of the awesome sperm whale, the steel-hulled Odyssey has been dredging up some dark secrets about mankind's damaging impact on the oceans.

A scientific research vessel circumnavigating the globe, the 93-foot sailing boat has been tracking the giant whales in the hope that they may hide in their bulk important clues to the state of the world's seas.

The mission is not over, but the early indications are ominous. Pollutants, the debris of man's life on land, have poisoned the waters that dominate the planet.
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