Ocean changes unsettling to solo sailor

3:20 PM Wed 26 Jan 2011 GMT

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La Nina one reason for extreme swings in southern seas A Canadian sailing in a solo around-the-world race says he is disturbed by the 'horrendous' conditions he has encountered in the southern oceans ? including the near absence of large sea life. Derek Hatfield has rounded the planet alone twice before but this trip through the southern ocean has been a relentless stream of extreme storms and deepest calms. 'The conditions are ? to put it bluntly ? horrendous,' adds Hatfield. Much of that can be attributed to an extreme year for La Nina, a weather event where the Pacific ...

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by Max Paris

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