The Great Offshore Grounds is an American novel, by Vanessa Veselka. It won the Oregon Book Award and was longlisted for the U.S. National Book Award....
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writer best known for her 2020 novel The Great Offshore Grounds, which won the Oregon Book Award and was longlisted for the U.S. National Book Award. She is...
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The Oregon Book Awards are presented annually by the Portland, Oregon, United States-based organization Literary Arts, Inc. to honor the "state’s finest...
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The Great Lakes (French: Grands Lacs), also called the Great Lakes of North America, are a series of large interconnected freshwater lakes in the east-central...
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Offshore powerboat racing is a type of racing by ocean-going powerboats, typically point-to-point racing. In most of the world, offshore powerboat racing...
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Panama Papers (redirect from The Panama Papers)
2016. The papers detail financial and attorney–client information for more than 214,488 offshore entities. The documents, some dating back to the 1970s...
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Outsourcing (redirect from Offshore outsourcing)
confused with offshoring which is relocating a business process to another country but does not imply or preclude another company. In practice, the concepts...
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The United Kingdom became the world leader of offshore wind power generation in October 2008 when it overtook Denmark. Government direction in the development...
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The Great Australian Bight is a large oceanic bight, or open bay, off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia...
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Farallon Islands (redirect from Great Arch Rock)
caused the earlier mariners to prefer to skirt far to the west and offshore from the entrance to the bay, thus leading to the much later discovery of the San...
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Haddock (category Fish of the Arctic Ocean)
to be harvested sustainably. The haddock populations in the western Atlantic (offshore grounds of Georges Bank off New England and Nova Scotia) are also...
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North Sea (redirect from The North Sea)
breeding and feeding grounds, sand and gravel extraction, offshore construction, and heavy shipping traffic have also contributed to the decline. For example...
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2024 United Kingdom general election (redirect from Next Great British election)
training, simplify the planning system to speed up infrastructure projects (digital, transport and energy), and to treble Britain's offshore wind capacity...
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the Eastern Hemisphere. In turn, the proper role for the United States is as an offshore balancer, balancing against the rise of a Eurasian hegemon and...
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the ocean floor, the upwelling area differs from the rest of the Great Australian Bight, especially the areas offshore of Western Australia and the Nullarbor...
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Kattegat (redirect from The Kattegat)
Reserve There are several offshore windfarms in the Kattegat. Some of the world's busiest shipping lanes pass through the Kattegat. The larger shallow sand...
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Clacton-on-Sea (redirect from Great Clacton)
Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind Farm, built in the early 2000s some 3 miles (4.8 km) offshore, is visible from many places in the flat hinterland of the town. As...
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predators make a winter pilgrimage to a vast offshore destination between Baja California and Hawaii called the White Shark Café". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved...
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Paul Johnson (writer) (redirect from The Offshore Islanders)
Nicolson 1972: The Offshore Islanders: England's People from Roman Occupation to the Present/to European Entry [1985 edn as History of the English People;...
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Ronan O'Rahilly (category Offshore radio broadcasters)
1940 – 20 April 2020) was an Irish businessman best known for the creation of the offshore radio station, Radio Caroline. He also became manager of George...
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The northern force was intercepted whilst crossing the Down, but fought its way to Sandown Castle, which was then under construction offshore. The southern...
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Due to the topography of the seabed, coastline and reefs offshore, the tsunami waves piled on top of themselves and in doing so, create the infamous...
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by many offshore faults, which causes high degree of relief offshore, marked by islands, shallow banks, and deep basins. This is known as the continental...
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"Revealed: Queen's private estate invested millions of pounds offshore", The Guardian, archived from the original on 5 November 2017, retrieved 9 November 2020...
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Gusto Shipyard (category Defunct shipbuilding companies of the Netherlands)
shipbuilding company in Schiedam, Netherlands. It was famous for dredging and offshore vessels. In 1978 it was closed down under suspicious circumstances. Its...
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Exuma (redirect from Great Exuma Island)
cave exploring. Many of the unnamed beaches and coves of the islands, including extensive offshore reef areas, are included in the protected Exuma National...
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the International Court of Justice, on the grounds that Finnish-built mobile offshore drilling units would be unable to pass beneath the bridge. The two...
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Floating wind turbine (redirect from Floating offshore wind turbine)
A floating wind turbine is an offshore wind turbine mounted on a floating structure that allows the turbine to generate electricity in water depths where...
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fraudster, key figure in the "perpetual traveler" movement, and prolific author of books relating to investment, taxation, and the "offshore" world. Malcolm Willis...
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Gulf of Maine (redirect from Great South Channel)
of the gulf. In recognition of the gulf's importance to marine habitat, both nations currently maintain complementary embargoes against offshore oil...
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