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    The Doldrums : Bev Vincent 2008

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  • (ITCZ) otherwise known as the Doldrums the zone is about 250 miles wide.

    TravelPod.com TravelStream? ? Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010

  • The Doldrums is our next ` course mark 'as it's a sensitive zone to negotiate.

    Sail-World.com USA Latest News 2010

  • The Doldrums is our next ` course mark 'as it's a sensitive zone to negotiate.

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  • There was again every sign that the calm was likely to be prolonged -- in fact, we were in the latitudes of the "Doldrums", or calms that occur just to the north and south of the Trade winds, where, as on the Line, the calms sometimes last for weeks at a stretch.

    Turned Adrift Harry Collingwood 1886

  • "Doldrums," which was originally derived most probably from the old

    On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story William Heysham Overend 1874

  • "Doldrums," far far away from Bella, said, in reference to a similar calm which had beset him for three weeks, "This is perfectly maddening," with many other strong expressions which we would rather not record; but

    In the Track of the Troops 1859

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