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Sea Legend dispatched the containership Dubai Tower from Ningbo, China, to Felixstowe in the U.K. on what it calls the Arctic Express, following a route along Russia’s north coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
On Sunday night, rescuers successfully reached a village on Palue Island, just north of Flores's mainland, that had been cut off for nearly two full days after the initial quake.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Driving north from Melides toward the town of Comporta, through the western reaches of Portugal’s Alentejo region, I passed expansive rice fields, forests of umbrella pines and clusters of whitewashed homes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026
The epicentre of the shallow quake was just north of Flores island in eastern Indonesia.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
Next morning, they’d climbed the flank of the ice river and started north.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
