The treacherous sands of a drifting island. Canada, Sable Island
The oceans are rich in mysterious mysterious and dangerous places for people. These are little-studied plots of land in boundless waters, and killer waves, and the Devil's belt, and insidious whirlpools, and underground volcanoes, and huge tsunamis. It is simply impossible to enumerate all the diverse insidiousness of the mighty waters. Not the last place in this sad series is occupied by Sable Island. It is located in the North Atlantic, not far from Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia is a peninsula containing the Canadian province of the same name. The above-named island is only 180 km from it. This piece of land is located northeast of Halifax, the capital of the administrative entity. It has the shape of an elongated crescent and very small sizes. Its length is only 40 kilometers, and the width reaches one and a half kilometers at its widest point.
The relief of the island - sandy hills and long dunes, alternating with small patches of land with grassy vegetation. The highest hill on the island reaches a height of 34 meters and is called Riggin Hill. There are no rivers or streams. There are several lakes. The largest and deepest of them is Wallace Lake. Its depth reaches 4 meters. The water in it is brackish, as the reservoir is very close to the ocean. High waves, during storms, easily overcome a narrow stretch of land and sea salt dilutes fresh water.
There are no trees or shrubs on Sable Island. The ball here is ruled by sand. It is he who is responsible for the fact that this curved narrow piece of land is constantly moving and gradually moving away from the Canadian coast. The speed of its movement is 230 meters per year. Over the past 200 years, the island has sailed almost 40 km from the mainland.
Of course, such "swimming" cannot be taken literally. The thing is that the western sandy part of the island is constantly washed away by sea waters. The sand is transported to the eastern part, which for this reason builds up all the time. As a result, it seems that the island is moving, moving further and further into the open ocean.
But Sable Island is remarkable not only for its “movement”. For several hundred years it has been called the "devourer of ships." Where did such a gloomy phrase come from?
The thing here is that this piece of land is very difficult to see from the deck of a sailing ship. The sand on the island has an amazing property to take on the color of a sea wave and merge with the ocean. This optical effect at all times led to the fact that ships plowing the ocean near the Canadian coast, very often wedged into coastline treacherous sandy land. Heavy ships ran aground and received holes. The sailors who were on them either drowned or got out to the island.
The further fate of the surviving people developed in different ways. But the fate of the damaged ships was unambiguous. The coastal sand began, in the truest sense of the word, to suck in wrecked ocean ships. And it happened very quickly. In less than a month, the ship was completely hidden in the sandy soil. Only the masts remained on the surface, which disappeared over the next couple of weeks.
This was observed 400, and 300, and 200 years ago. At first, the island devoured small wooden ships, then huge sailboats, and finally the turn came to ships with steel hulls. Dimensions ocean liners played no role. Everything was sucked into the sand, like into a bottomless swamp.
Caught in a fatal embrace, the ship at first sank into the quicksand slowly. The island, as it were, was tasting a new object and was in no hurry to swallow it. But every day the process of immersion accelerated. Within a couple of weeks, the huge ship was half hidden in the sand. Another 10 days, and the rest of the hull went into sandy soil. A month and a half later, there were no traces of the liner.
Nowadays, the sand is sometimes washed away and part of a hull is exposed. It can turn out to be a sailing ship of the 17th century, and a well-tailored ship of the 20th century. A little time passes, and the sand is washed again and hides the traces of their crimes.
It is still unknown who discovered Sable Island. Many researchers claim that the Vikings landed on it for the first time 1000 years ago. These eternal sea travelers plied the seas and oceans in all directions. They visited North America long before Columbus and naturally honored the mysterious island with their attention.
There are some serious arguments against this assertion. There is an opinion that this piece of land became an island only 500 years ago. Prior to that, it was part of the continental landmass. Then, for unknown reasons, a piece of land broke away from the mainland and began to move away into the ocean.
At first it was very large. The length of this formation was 370 km, and the width was 300 km. These figures are taken from nautical charts of the 16th century. That is, at that time they already knew about the island. It's not really clear what he was. It is not known what kind of relief it had and what kind of soil.
Some researchers believe that Jean de Lery discovered Sable Island. The same French traveler who lived for a long time in South America among the Indians. So this is the beginning of the second half of the XVI century. Other historians point to the British whalers. Allegedly, it was they who first set foot on sandy soil at the end of the 16th century. mysterious island. In short, the question of the discoverer or discoverers remains open.
The bloodthirsty essence of the island was not immediately understood by people. Shipwrecks happened all over the ocean, there was no radio communication in ancient times. More than a dozen years passed before the sailors began to guess that a small piece of land was fraught with mortal danger.
However, shipwrecked near unsteady sandy shores very often got out on land and felt quite at ease on it. Lakes with fresh water, some kind of vegetation, the remains of ship hulls - all this gave people the opportunity to somehow arrange their temporary life. Fur seals served as food. Their colonies settled on the island from time immemorial. True, after the end of the mating season, these eared seals swam into the sea and were absent for 6 months. This undoubtedly affected the condition of people if they got to the island when there were no living creatures on it.
At the end of the 18th century, horses appeared on a mysterious piece of land. They survived in harsh conditions and adapted to them quite well. How these artiodactyls got to the island is unknown. Most likely ended up on it in connection with a shipwreck. Currently, about 300 heads of wild horses live on Sable Island. As for people, they settled on sandy soil at the end of the 19th century. These were not settlers, but civil servants. Frequent shipwrecks forced the British, who at that time already owned the island after the French, to build a lighthouse on it. That is, the employees were the servants of this lighthouse, and were also considered a rescue team.
In the middle of the 20th century, 2 lighthouses and a radio beacon were installed on the treacherous land. In the 21st century, Sable Island became a nature reserve. Nowadays, it can only be accessed with a special permit. Here, fur seals and wild horses are protected by law.
This is Canadian soil. Employees live on it with their families. The total population does not exceed 30 people. The task of specialists is to maintain lighthouses, radio stations and the Hydrometeorological Center. Also, these people are rescuers, but over the past 65 years there have been no shipwrecks near the island.
Of all the buildings, there are two houses resting on a solid foundation. In addition to them, there are also trailer houses. There are no other buildings on the crescent-shaped patch of land, except for the hangar for rescue boats.
There is a kind of monument built from ship masts. It is all hung with boards with the names of the ships that died near the loose banks. This chronology has been conducted since 1800. Taking into account the previous centuries, we can safely say that hundreds of ships found their end near the insidious land.
There is a strong opinion that the values that lie in the sands are worth several tens of millions of dollars. This is expensive dishes, and works of art, and gold. All these items were once transported by ships and found their end near the unsteady shores.
Considering special status islands, no work on the extraction of marine treasures is carried out on it. The inhabitants themselves are more busy growing gardens than looking for some treasures. Fishing is also an integral part of life. There are a lot of fish in coastal waters.
Despite the fact that a person has settled this sandy piece of land for a very long time, he is the greatest mystery World Ocean. Even 40 years ago, the island was predicted to disappear completely. He "moved" into the ocean and by all laws should have disappeared. But nothing of the sort happened. Sable Island not only did not disappear, but even slightly increased in size. This contradicts all established judgments about the world around us, but the fact is there. So the solution to this natural phenomenon is yet to come.
Refers to inhabited islands. There are 5 people living on Sable who work at the meteorological station and monitor the lighthouse. Note that earlier the staff was larger and consisted of 15-25 people. Since over time the danger from Sable ceased to emanate, the contingent was reduced.
Geographical coordinates islands:43°55?57? with. sh. 59°52?48? h. d.
Many call this place not just mysterious, but the most cursed. Believe me, there are reasons for this. No one can say with accuracy how many ships died here. Some call the figure 350, others - about 500. The important thing is that for many, Sable was the last thing they saw in their lives. " Cemetery of the Atlantic"- the sailors call him. In an incomprehensible way, the sand on the shores of the "living island" tends to "adjust" to the color sea waves. This optical effect is main reason ship wrecks. Ships (especially in bad weather) crashed into the coastline at all speeds, and the crew thought until the very collision that there was only an immense ocean ahead ...
Some lucky ones managed to survive and for some time they lived on the island. But the ships that ran aground had the same fate - they were swallowed up by quicksand. For two months, not even a trace of large ships remained! (hence the phrase " ship eater»).
The etymology of the name of the island also causes a lot of controversy. British geographers claim that it comes from the English. "sable", which translates as "sable". We note right away that sables are not found here and have not been found. Most likely, it was taken as a basis that the island was a little like this animal (as if in a jump).
A separate group of etymologists believes that the “fault” of such a name is a historical blunder. In their opinion, before about-in was called Saber, but some unlucky cartographer wrote another instead of one letter ("R" > "L"). The reasons for such an approach are obvious. Translated from English word"sabre" means "saber" (this is already better than sable). Well, the last option is taken from the explanatory dictionary. The name of the island can be translated as gloomy, scary or black (poetic form).
By the way, about poets. Sable's stories and "reputation" have inspired many writers, including Thomas-Chandler Haliburton, James MacDonald, Thomas H. Ruddal, and others.
STORY. LEGENDS
Disputes are caused not only by the etymology of the name Sable, but also by the name of the discoverer. Most researchers (especially from Norway) agree that the first landing on the island was made by the Vikings more than a thousand years ago. Bold bearded sailors have been in these waters much earlier than Columbus!
Scientists from France do not agree with the “Viking version” and claim that ordinary fishermen of Normandy were the first to land here at the beginning of the 16th century.
The British, accustomed to being original, record their whalers who sailed near Newfoundland as the discoverers.
The fourth group of scientists refutes all three versions, and says that Sable simply did not exist 500 years ago! It was 5 centuries ago that a piece of land separated from the mainland and began to "sail" into the open ocean. But when asked how this is possible, they shrug their shoulders ...
But we need names, not just theories. Therefore, we will consider the discoverer of the "living island" Jean de Lery(no one else has more arguments "for").
The traveler is known for living with the Indians for many years. South America. And it was Leri who organized the expedition from Europe to Nova Scotia (then it was called the "Land of the Bretons"). Yes, and everything is logical with the name: Jean de Lery called the island "Sable" - "sand" in French.
There is evidence that sea pirates often visited the shores of the island (perhaps they even hid treasures). The robbers made fires on purpose to attract ships with well-filled holds.
In the 90s of the 16th century, Sable became hard labor. The fact is that, returning after an unsuccessful expedition to France, the Marquis de La Roche decided to “settle” almost 50 people (all criminals) on the island. Probably, in order to at least somehow calm his conscience, the captain gave the newly minted islanders 5 dozen sheep. 7 years have passed and the “settlers” were remembered (they probably did not even have time to blink an eye). The king decided to pardon them and in 1605 11 captives returned to their native France (the rest died). You'll never guess what 5 people said! - " Your Majesty, let us return to the island... The king gave his go-ahead. A French colony has appeared on Sable, which has saved the crew of an English ship!
After that, permanent residents appeared on the “ship eater” only at the end of the 19th century. The British were tired of losing ships, and it was decided to build a lighthouse on Sable (1873). The settlers served him, and when a disaster happened, they acted as rescuers.
In 1867, Sable Island became part of Canada. For 5 years, Canadians built two lighthouses (east and west). Then came the radio beacon. Today, Sable is a protected area.
The first "devouring" of the ship by Sable was recorded back in 1583. Then an English ship called "Delight" ("Delight"), which was part of the expedition of Humphrey Gilbert, rammed the sands of the island due to poor visibility. The last catastrophe is considered to be a shipwreck in 1947: the steamer "Manhasset" could not avoid a collision with the island. The entire crew was rescued. However, we managed to find information according to which in 1999 the Merrimac yacht “met” with the sands of the “living island” (navigation devices failed). The crew of three was not injured. The fate of the yacht is not known.
If you want to get to know the history of Sable Island in detail, we recommend reading books such as Sable Island: its History and Phenomena (1894, George Petterson); Sable Island, Fatal and Fertile Crescent (1974) and Sable Island Shipwrecks: Disaster and Survival at the North Atlantic Graveyard (1994) by Lial Campbell; "Dune Adrift: The Strange Origins and Curious History of Sable Island" (2004, Marc de Villers). ©Added on 04/18/2015 Also, Lev Skryagin, a Soviet sailor and writer, mentions the island in his book “Secrets of Sea Disasters”. Here is an excerpt from his book:
Were the Romans on Sable?!
This story begins in the late 1930s. the last century. Near our Sable, bad weather raged for several days in a row, storms were unusually strong even for these places. Giant waves literally “shaved” the island, removing balls of sand from it. God alone knows how many hundreds of tons were washed off the coast. When the ocean had played enough, arrived on the island scientific expedition. She discovered a huge hole in which there were eight ships that at different times were buried in the sands of Sable. There was no end to the surprise of the researchers when, among other ships, the remains of ... a Roman galley were discovered! There were debates in scientific circles about where the ancient galley could have come from. The ocean put an end to the disputes: a new storm covered the “grave of ships” with sand. The question remains open to this day...
Aliens close...
In the 90s of the XX century, a new hypothesis was voiced regarding the origin of Sable Island. This time, experts in the field of anomalous phenomena were noted. " The island is not just anomalous zone Earth is a living organism, and not of Earthly origin!"(D. Pable, W. Lines). Bold assumption, isn't it? Of course, no one undertook to explain the principles of "life" and the functioning of the bioboard. It was believed that the basis for the NGO (unidentified floating object) is silicon (Silicium). We recall a school chemistry course ... What is silicon dioxide? It's sand! Ordinary sand, which, oh, how much there is on Sable ...
Could Sable be the "research lab" of our space neighbors? How to know...
Evil spirits
Short fact. To this day, if you ask the inhabitants of Nova Scotia what they think of Sable Island, they will say something like this: “This is an island of ghosts. Evil spirits live there."
CLIMATE
The climate of Sable Island is humid continental. In autumn and winter, it is almost constantly stormy here, and the waves sometimes reach 16 meters! The "Cemetery of the Atlantic" is located in a place where the warm current of the Gulf Stream and the cool current of Labrador meet. As a result, there are frequent fogs over the island. Sometimes there are winds of the 3rd category (according to the Saffir-Simpson classification of hurricanes). Do not think that it is always harsh here. Sable's climate will be milder than Nova Scotia's. In winter, the temperature usually does not fall below -13 ° C (average +5 to -5 ° C). In the summer, the thermometer can show all 25 ° C (August).
RELIEF. FLORA AND FAUNA
Sable Island landform almost flat. Sometimes sand dunes reach 35 meters (height is not constant due to frequent winds).
At the beginning of the article, we mentioned the "movement" of the island. Now more about this.
Experts have long noticed a strange phenomenon - the island moves into eastbound at a speed of approximately 220 m per year and "goes" into deep waters Atlantic Ocean. In the 19th century, geographers even predicted its complete disappearance. But nothing of the sort happened! Moreover, the movement continues. Who knows, maybe someday Sable will get to Portugal?! :fellow: Sable is contrary to the laws of geology. All geologists scratch their heads when asked about a "living island". Still, it is generally accepted that the tectonic plates of the Earth, if they move, then with maximum speed a couple of millimeters in 1 year (in rare cases they talk about centimeters), and here two hundred meters. What are your thoughts on this? After all, no one will deny that the islands of the world are the tops of seamounts that are located on a tectonic plate?
A rational explanation for the phenomenon of the "living island" may be the fact that from the west Sable is constantly washed away by the sea current and waves - the sand washes away and it is transferred to the eastern coast. But this is debatable...
Now about more clear and not disputed points. Almost half of the territory of Sable is covered with vegetation. 175 species of different plants have taken root on it. You can often find honkenia buterlak, allspice, shrubs, wild rose, orchids (6 species!), wild peas, etc. Trees don't grow here. All landing attempts ended in failure. An attempt was made by the federal government to stabilize the local soil by planting almost 80,000 trees - to no avail. There is one tree though. This is an ordinary pine, planted in the 50s. last century. Its height is not more than 3 meters.
Over 300 species of birds have been spotted on the island over the entire period of observation. Here waterfowl (for example, arctic tern) feel comfortable. You can often see savanna bunting (Passerculus sandwichensis), sandpiper, large sea gull.
©Added 02/06/2016Of the animal world, it is worth noting large colonies of ordinary and gray seals (Halichoerus grypus) - on Sable they have a mating season. In the Guinness Book of Records, it is noted that it is on Sable that the largest colony of gray seals is located in winter: about 100 thousand individuals come here every year for "marital meetings".
in winter and in early spring there are ringed seals, hooded seals. Zoologists say that there are sometimes Greenland polar and white sharks off the coast of the island.
The "main" animals (in addition, the only land mammals other than humans) remain horses. According to our data, there are now about 320 horses on Sable. Some of them have been tamed by the island's rangers. It is generally accepted that animals appeared on the island at the end of the 18th century. They got here, most likely, from one of the ships that was buried here. Odd-toed ungulates did not just survive - they managed to fully adapt to the harsh conditions here. In the 60s. Canada took wild horses and ponies under its protection.
As mentioned earlier, the island has an elongated shape. It is approximately 42 km long and does not exceed 1.5 in width. Such outlines are difficult to see from a long distance, because sand dunes predominate here, which are not able to protrude high above the horizon. Frequent winds constantly inflate the sand, which is why the maximum height of the Sable does not exceed 35 meters. Mysterious Island it is difficult to see in the ocean also because the sands tend to take on the color of the water surface. Such a visual effect confuses ships. 
Another feature of the land area is its ability to move, while the speed is high for normal movement under the influence of a change in the tectonic field. The sable is moving east at a rate of approximately 200 m per year, which is another reason for shipwrecks. Scientists hypothesize that such mobility is due to the sandy base of the island. The light rock is constantly being washed away from one side and transported to the other side of Sable Island, resulting in a slight shift.
History of the missing ships
The wandering island became a shipwreck of a huge number of ships, which, not noticing the land, ran aground and went to the bottom. The official number of dead ships is 350, but there is an opinion that this figure has already exceeded the mark of five thousand. It is not for nothing that the names “Eater of Ships” and “Cemetery of the Atlantic” have taken root among the people. 
The team living on the island is always ready to save the next ship. Previously, horses, more reminiscent of large ponies, helped pull the ships. They got to Sable many years ago after another shipwreck. Today, a helicopter comes to the rescue, however, and shipwrecks have practically ceased.
The largest sinking is considered to be the sinking passenger steamer"State of Virginia", which happened in 1879. There were 129 passengers on board, not counting the crew. Almost everyone was saved, but the ship went to the bottom. The girl, the youngest of the travelers, received another name in honor of happy rescue- Nellie Sable Bagley Hord. 
Tourists rarely go on a trip to Sable Island, as there are practically no attractions. In addition to the surrounding area, you can take photos with lighthouses and a monument to sunken boats. It was installed from masts collected from the crash sites.
Such an unusual island has rich history, and a lot interesting facts and fictions associated with it:
- locals say that there are ghosts here, as the moving island has become the place of death of a huge number of people;
- at the moment, 5 people permanently live on the island, before the team was larger, and the population was up to 30 people;
- during the years of Sable's existence, only 2 people were born here;
- an amazing place is rightly called "Treasure Island", because in its sands and coastal waters you can find ancient relics left after shipwrecks. Not surprisingly, each inhabitant has his own unique collection of various knick-knacks, often expensive ones.
The wandering island of Sable is an amazing natural phenomenon, but it became the culprit in the death of hundreds of ships and thousands of people, which is why it received a bad name. Until now, even with the appropriate equipment on ships to avoid shipwrecks, captains are trying to plot their route, skirting the unfortunate place.
In the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, about 180 km southeast of the coast of Canada, drifts the "nomadic" crescent-shaped island of Sable (Sable Island). This island is considered one of the most dangerous and mysterious islands in the world. Geographic coordinates of Sable Island: 43°55′57″ N 59°52′48″ W
Ever since this small island was discovered by Europeans, it has inspired genuine horror in the hearts of even the bravest sailors. As soon as it was not called: “island of shipwrecks”, “deadly saber”, “devourer of ships”, “island of ghosts” ...
Today, Sable Island is referred to as the Graveyard of the Atlantic. By the way, its official name in English means black, mourning color (sable).
This land, ringed by water, received its notoriety not by chance - shipwrecks really constantly occurred here. Now it is difficult to say for how many ships it has become the last harbor ...
The fact is that in the coastal waters of the Sable, navigation is greatly complicated due to two currents encountered here - the warm Gulf Stream and the cold Lambrador. Currents give rise to whirlpools, huge waves and the movement of a sandy island.
Sable Island is constantly moving in the waters of the ocean. The western end of the island, under the continuous action of the currents and powerful waves of the Atlantic, is gradually eroded and disappears, while the eastern end is washed out, lengthened, and thus the island is continuously moving east, gradually moving away from the coast of Nova Scotia.
It is estimated that over the past two hundred years, Sable has "walked" the ocean for almost ten nautical miles. The current speed of its movement is also known - about 230 meters per year. Moreover, along with the position of the insidious island, which is poorly visible due to constant fogs and giant waves, its size is constantly changing.
If you look at the maps of the 16th century, we will see that its length was about 300 km, but now it has decreased to 42. It was assumed that the island would soon disappear completely, but over the past century, to the surprise of many inquisitive minds, on the contrary, it began to increase.
A storm on Sable is usually preceded by an unusually dazzling sunrise. It would seem that a wonderful morning should end with an equally beautiful sunset. But God knows where the shroud of thunderclouds appeared from, covers the sun, the sky turns black, and now the wind is whistling thinly in the dunes. It grows stronger, howls, tears off the sand from the tops of the dunes and drives it across the island into the ocean... Because of this splitting sand, there is not a single tree on the island, not even bushes. Only in the valley between two ridges of dunes grow stunted grass and wild peas.
The main danger that lies in wait for ships at Sable is the quicksands of the shoals, a kind of "ocean quagmire". Sailors and fishermen seriously say that they tend to take on the color of ocean water. The quicksands of the insidious island literally devour the ships that have been captured by them. It is authentically known that steamships with a displacement of five thousand tons, a length of 100-120 meters, which ended up on the shallows of Sable Island, completely disappeared from sight within two to three months. These sands have become a natural talisman for sunken treasures and an eternal grave for someone's remains.
The last victim of the insatiable and mysterious island was the American steamship Manhassent in 1947. After this tragedy, 2 beacons and a radio station were installed on Sable - since then, the disasters have finally stopped.
Now about 20-25 people permanently live on Sable Island - they all serve the lighthouses, the radio station and the local hydrometeorological center, and are also trained to conduct rescue operations - in case of a shipwreck.
These people work in very difficult conditions, and not only due to heavy fogs and hurricane winds - many of them say that they sometimes see the ghosts of dead sailors. Not surprising, because they live literally on the bones.
One of the workers even had to be evacuated from the island, because every night he was begged for help by a ghost with the victim here in 1926, the wreck of the schooner "Sylvia Mosher" ...
- More than one sailor who has sailed the waters of the Atlantic Ocean can tell the story that before a storm near Sable there is often an extremely bright sunrise. But a few hours are enough, as the beautiful sunny weather turns into a real nightmare.
- The people who are part of the personnel serving the lighthouses and the meteorological station are constantly over the bones of the sailors who died on the island (we are talking about thousands of corpses). The very understanding of this requires a very stable psyche. The rangers have talked about ghosts more than once. Moreover, in the 1950s one of the lighthouse keepers had to be urgently returned to the continent. He claimed that he was haunted by the ghosts of the ship "Sylvia Mosher" and asked to save them ... Would you be able to live in such a place?
- Everyone who works for Sable has their own collection of relics with dead ships. Many have gold coins and rare antiques.
- Since 1920, only two people can boast that they were born in the "graveyard of the Atlantic."
- Sable Island horses featured on 2005 Canadian stamps and coins.
Photo - Sable Island
Video - the secret of Sable Island
In the waters of the North Atlantic, or rather if you sail from the Canadian port of Halifax to the southeast, you can stumble upon the legendary Sable. The island has gained a very bad reputation for many generations of sailors. And that's why.
It is generally accepted that the island owes its name to the French word "saber", which translates as "sandy". According to another version, Sable is translated from English as "gloomy", "spooky". And the last option, most likely, has more rights to exist. Sailors simply call this sandy piece of land "ship-eater".
Sable barely appears above the surface of the water. The Rigging Hills are his very high point barely reaches 34 meters above sea level. This area is characterized by such weather phenomena as thick fogs and storms. By the way, during the last waves sometimes rise so high that they cover the entire island.
Sable's researchers noticed one feature - this island is not just an island, but a drifting one. It constantly changes its location, and in a year it shifts to the east by almost 230 meters. The reason for this phenomenon are two powerful currents - the warm Gulf Stream and the cold Ladrador. The same streams are constantly changing the relief of the Sable, "building up" the banks from the east and undermining from the west.
The danger of Sable Island
When a ship plowing the expanses of the ocean breaks into pieces on a rock, and the crew members manage to get out onto the island land, this is considered salvation and great luck. In the case of Sable, this does not work. The fact is that ships thrown onto the island become prisoners quicksand, which can absorb not only a light ship, but even a solid ship weighing 5 thousand tons.
Geographers have established that in addition to the treacherous drifting Sable, there are other places on our planet that can be considered real reserves of quicksand. In particular, such dangers lie in wait for visitors to Cape Hatteras, which rises on east coast States. If you peer into the shifting sands, you can see the rotten skeleton of a sailboat or the rusty forest of a steamer. Another "cemetery of ships" is located on the banks of Goodwin, which is 6 miles southeast of England. It's over dangerous place, since the color of the sand here matches the shade of sea water.
And if Goodwin's shallows absorb ships in a matter of minutes, then Sable Island likes to stretch the "pleasure" by sucking its victims very slowly and for a long time - a month or even two.
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