Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Frenchman, 71, sets out across Atlantic Ocean in a barrel

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Navigator Jean-Jacques Savin, who will turn 72 in January – and, he hopes, at sea – has set off west into the North Atlantic from the Canary Islands in a metal barrel which he expects will be carried by ocean currents alone to somewhere in the Caribbean by the end of March.

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Google and Orange laying private cable between France and US

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US internet services giant Google and French telecoms company Orange are building a 6,600-kilometre-long 'cutting edge' cable under the Atlantic Ocean linking France and North America, and providing Google with a close connection between its Belgian and North Virginian data centres.

How Dakar uses the Atlantic Ocean as a septic tank

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The Ngor Canal in Dakar flows into Soumbédioune Bay on the Atlantic coast. © DR The Ngor Canal in Dakar flows into Soumbédioune Bay on the Atlantic coast. © DR

Despite the poor quality of its water, the Senegalese coast remains a popular destination. But the planned construction of a local desalination plant on the shores of the West African nation next year has roused opposition from locals who believe the project will do long-term damage to the environment. Fabien Offner reports from the capital Dakar.