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TIL In 1968 MV Captain Leonidas was a ship that was tried to capsized in the deepest fjord in Western Hemisphere in Messier Channel, Pantagonia Chile. The reason was to claim insurance , but the ship stayed afloat, the captain's license was revoked & the shipwreck remained in the channel.

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