[bruinbirdman]

Are the Doldrums in the Sargasso Sea? Or is this why the eels are in the Doldrums?

yitbos

[Sherman Logan]

The Doldrums gernerally refer to those tropical regions near the equator located between the bands of the trade winds. They were highly unpopular with sailors in the old sailing ship days because winds were often light, variable or non-existent. A ship could be becalmed until it drank up all its fresh water and everybody died. Happened regularly.

The Sargasso Sea is located in the Doldrums of the Atlantic, with the added challenge for sailors of being located in sort of an eddy of ocean currents.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks bruinbirdman and BIGLOOK for the pings.

Are the Doldrums in the Sargasso Sea?

Doldrums: Barbie's Bongos. [Sniglets]

Otto Muck, one of those WWII-era German scientists, wrote a book entitled "Atlantis Over All", translated into English by Fred Bradley and published as "The Secret of Atlantis"; in there (among other things) he cites the weird life cycle geography of the eels as evidence for the former existence of the now-drowned classical Atlantis of Plato (the only surviving ancient source for the tale in any case).

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