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Chapter Nineteen
Churchill, Manitoba/November 28
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For the sum of $26,000, rich Saudi, American, and South African thrill-seekers can board a former Soviet nuclear icebreaker for two weeks. These "atomic outings" are offered by the Murmansk Shipping Company, a Russian state enterprise aimed at keeping its icebreaker fleet cost effective. Passengers looking to starboard can see the islands of Novaya Zemlya, a stretch of land irradiated by the Soviet army's nuclear tests since the 1950s. Under the ship itself lies the world's largest undersea nuclear graveyard, used by Murmansk Shipping, among others. A thrill, indeed.
WORLD PRESS INTERNATIONAL
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The harmful effects of radiation are determined by the degree of exposure, which in turn depends not only on the quantity of radiation delivered to the body, but also on the type of radiation, which tissues of the body are exposed, and the duration of exposure. Four hundred to

 
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