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Mark Gordon's avatar

I knew that Heligoland had changed hands. Thank you for more background on that event.

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Mark Gordon's avatar

I think it’s one of the great North Sea books.

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Hannah Booth's avatar

Thanks for reading, Mark! I also have another piece on Heligoland from earlier in the year in case you haven't seen that: https://northseanexus.substack.com/p/the-view-from-heligoland

It's certainly a place with a fascinating history. One day I will have to finally visit...

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Mark Gordon's avatar

Blimey, I felt sure that we had bombed the place in the war but I never realised we bombed it again in 1947! Thanks for that, Hannah.

Heligoland is also a great Massive Attack album. And although Erskine Childer's terrific 'Riddle of the Sands' is set on the Frisian islands, I imagine that's what Heligoland would have been like then.

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Hannah Booth's avatar

Yes, it's a wild story.

I hadn't heard of Riddle of the Sands but it's now firmly on my to-read list. Thanks!

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Sean's avatar

"one-off waves which appear out of nowhere". This suggests that a rogue wave might arise in calm sea. The Draupner wave was twice the height of the other waves as are other recognised rogue waves.

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