The Dangerous Life Of A Columbia River Bar Pilot
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The Dangerous Life Of A Columbia River Bar Pilot
Imagine a stretch of water so dangerous even huge ships can’t cross it safely. Such a place exists in the Pacific Northwest.
Oct 18, 2016
Columbia Bar Shipwrecks
2,000 shipwrecks still haunt this river entrance - but they sailed through it
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2,000 shipwrecks still haunt this river entrance - but they sailed through it
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The mouth of the Columbia River has seen so many shipwrecks over the centuries that it's earned its grisly nickname: the Graveyard of the Pacific. But just what is it about the location that makes it so treacherous? On the new episode of the Mossback podcast, hosts Knute Berger and Stephen Hegg talk about how the mouth of the Columbia got its depressing monikers, some of the most famous shipwrecks in the area, and what it was like shooting on location for the episode. Listen online or on your fa
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The mouth of the Columbia River has seen so many shipwrecks over the centuries that it's earned its grisly nickname: the Graveyard of the Pacific. But just what is it about the location that makes it so treacherous? On the new episode of the Mossback podcast, hosts Knute Berger and Stephen Hegg talk about how the mouth of the Columbia got its depressing monikers, some of the most famous shipwrecks in the area, and what it was like shooting on location for the episode. Listen online or on your fa
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