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The com$any said it continues its wor" to calculate how much oil was released into the la"e durin# the s$ill, which was disco.ered on Monday( 50 and /01 officials said on Tuesday the s$ill a$$arently occurred when a malfunction allowed crude oil to enter a coolin# system that draws la"e water into the oil #iant 50 s 'hitin# northwestern Indiana refinery, some 20 miles south6east of downtown Chica#o, to cool e9ui$ment and then returns that water to the la"e( 2with in$uts from 103
>edna. ha.e also %ecome the first shi$$in# com$any to use drones for ice reconnaissance on a commercial .oya#e( The #oal was to $ro.ide the shi$ s ca$tain and officers with real6time ima#es of ice conditions ahead( The mo.e will hel$ na.i#ators scout su%tle features in the ice, such as rid#es, leads and fractures(
The re$ort said an oil s$ill last year after a $i$eline %last in Din#dao City of east China s Shandon# 0ro.ince $osed considera%le threat to the maritime en.ironment in nei#h%ourin# areas, Einhua re$orted( Fadioacti.e materials dischar#ed into the 0acific )cean from the cri$$led >u"ushima $ower $lant in =a$an also affected the water en.ironment and sea life(
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Getting there
By plane: I%eria is S$ain s national6fla# carrier( Madrid, 5arcelona, 0alma de Mallorca and Mala#a are amon# the %usiest air$orts, followed %y Se.ille, <alencia, 5il%ao, 1licante, Santia#o de Com$ostela, <i#o, Gran Canaria and the two air$orts in Tenerife( !ow cost carriers o$eratin# to S$ain includeA <uelin#, easy=et, Fyanair, 5lue 1ir and =et2(com( By tra n: Train system in S$ain is modern and relia%le, most of the trains are %rand new and the $unctuality rate is one of the hi#hest in /uro$e( By !"at: >rom the UG, 5rittany >erries offers ser.ices from 0ortsmouth and 0lymouth to Santander and from 0ortsmouth to 5il%ao( The 8ourney time from 0ortsmouth to Santander is a$$ro-imately 24 hours( 1nother $o$ular route is from 5arcelona to Genoa(
1op attractions
Al#a$!ra: Granada s 1lham%ra 0alace is /uro$e s fa.ourite tourist destination( The s$ectacular 1ra% com$le- dates %ac" to the Mediae.al era in S$ain( Me%&' ta (e C"r("!a: The Great Mos9ue 61l8ama6 of Cordo%a, %uilt durin# the $eriod of Moorish occu$ation, is the most s$lendid Islamic monument in the western world( Its construction commenced in 7&+, when 1%d6ar6Fahman esta%lished Cordo%a as ca$ital of al61ndalus, on the site of an ancient church dedicated to San <icente and was e-tended durin# successi.e $eriods %y 1%d6ar6Fahman II, 1l64a"am II and 1lman@or( El E)*"r al: The /scorial is a .ast %uildin# com$le- located in San !oren@o de /l /scorial, near Madrid( The %uildin# is the most im$ortant architectural monument of the S$anish Fenaissance( Construction of /l /scorial %e#an in 1+,* and ended in 1+&4( The $ro8ect was concei.ed %y Gin# 0hili$ II, who wanted a %uildin# to ser.e the multi$le $ur$oses of a %urial $lace for his father, 4oly Foman em$eror Charles <B a 4ieronymite monastery and a $alace(
I! %a: 5esides %ein# the clu%%in# ca$ital of the world, I%i@a also has an ama@in# natural %eauty, a su$er% climate and a 'orld 4erita#e site( To en8oy music of the world s %est ;=s in I%i@a s unmatched $arty scene or the astoundin# clear sea, warm sun, attracti.e co.es and e.entful %eaches 6 or a %it of e.erythin# 6 I%i@a is certainly the ri#ht $lace( La Sa+ra(a Fa$ l a: The Sa#rada >amilia is a lar#e Foman Catholic church in 5arcelona and one of S$ain s most .isited tourist attractions( It s a desi#n %y 1ntoni GaudH, a Catalan architect who wor"ed on this $ro8ect for almost 40 years until his death in 1?2,(