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A Diver’s Tale of Somali Piracy and the Seychelles Arm

from the June, 2009 issue of Undercurrent  

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Last month, we reported on the Indian Ocean Explorer and how it was captured with crew on board (but no passengers) by Somali pirates, and will probably be docked in Somalia for a few months. After reading the story, reader David Hill (Hamilton, MA) e-mailed us that he was on another liveaboard in the same area when the Explorer was seized. Here’s his tale:

I was on board the Sea Bird in the Aldabra Group in early April. We were diving Astove Island, 80 miles away from Assumption Island, on the same day the Explorer was taken. We were warned immediately. It was an interesting 24 hours that followed....