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In Abidjan's Cordon of Sand Sleeps Since 1933 a Canal Dug to the Ocean that No Commercial Ship Has Ever Borrowed

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If you ever fly over the Brieched Lagoon on board a plane preparing to land in Abidjan, take a look through the porthole. Under the thin strip of sand that separates the lagoon from the Atlantic Ocean, something has been sleeping for almost a century. A whole work, dug by sweat of men and machines, swallowed [...]
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If you ever fly over the Brieched Lagoon on board a plane preparing to land in Abidjan, take a look through the porthole. Under the thin strip of sand that separates the lagoon from the Atlantic Ocean, something has been sleeping for almost a century. A whole work, dug by sweat of men and machines, swallowed [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Sunday, September 27, 2026.
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