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Amir Garanovic into the industry by dumb luck and for his article on the MV Estonia disaster,

Celia Konowe

Bob Kunkel circumstance in 1992. Despite the fact that I examining how it has impacted passenger

Wendy Laursen

Philip Lewis was not born with ‘salt in my veins’, I have vessel safety in maritime. The loss of MV

Edward Lundquist

Barry Parker adopted the industry (or it has adopted me),

Estonia carries a special marker in my mind,

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