CJ> Never were any enmired ships there--after all, Columbus
 CJ> crossed through in his first expedition without any problem.  The
 MN> The only reference I could find about the Sargasso Sea in any book I
 MN> have only mentions it as a breeding ground for eels.  Although it does
 MN> give its location as Southeast of Bermuda.
	The '72 Enc. Brit. entry I have is disappointingly thin.
 My housemate's 1912 Enc. Brit. entry mentions that there's a couple
 of similar patches in the Pacific--one north of Hawaii, another 
 near New Zealand.  
 MN> Anyway, I'm under the impression that the Sargasso sea is in an area
 MN> between a northward flowing current, the Gulf Stream, and a southward
 MN> flowing current, and this has resulted in a giant whirlpool type eddy
 MN> between them where the plant growth is basically trapped.
	ISTR something of the same, also that this is where pipe fish
 and sea horses are found.
 MN> Don't know about the lack of trade winds, but it is close to hurricane
 MN> territory.  Not close enough, I guess.
	Oh, hurricanes would at least occasionally pass through.
 Of interest to this thread is that they would almost certainly sink
 a derelict ship.
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