The Bermuda Triangle
TOPIC: The Bermuda Triangle
STUDENT: Orellana Cabello Adriana
ROOM TEACHER: Bertha Guzman Avalos
December 2011
INTRODUCTION
As an English student Ithink that we should know other cultures so I choose this topic because it is educative and interesting.
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil’s triangle. It is a region in the North AtlanticOcean where a number of aircraft or surface vessels allegedly disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
Popular culture has attributed these disappearances to the paranormal or activity byextraterrestrial beings.
Numerous official agencies have stated that the number and nature of disappearances in the region is similar to that in any other area of ocean. But nobody knows the truth…LOCATION
The Bermuda Triangle is a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean.
The boundaries of the triangle cover the Straits of Florida, the Bahamas, San Juan, Puerto Rico and theentire Caribbean island. Most of the accidents concentrated along the southern boundary around the Bahamas and the Florida Straits.
HISTORY
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The earliest allegation of unusual disappearances inthe Bermuda area appeared in a September 16th, 1950 Associated Press article by Edward Van Winkle Jones. Two years later, Fate magazine published "Sea Mystery at Our Back Door", ships that traveled toEurope continuously passed through this area to take advantage of prevailing winds and the Gulf Stream. Then, with the development of steam engines and boats with internal combustion engines, much ofthe North Atlantic traffic continued to cross through the area of the supposed “Bermuda Triangle”. The Gulf stream, an area with a very unstable time (Known for its hurricanes), also passes throughthe triangle to live the Caribbean Sea. The combination of heavy maritime traffic and tempestuous weather makes it possible for some boats from getting into storm and lost without trace, especially...
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