As the sea picked up, he knew it was useless.
Pristine water enters the Latina plain from high mountain streams in the area of Ninfa; it becomes dirtier and dirtier as it heads toward the sea, picking up the runoff from a succession of factories, farms and homes.
The Russian authorities said captains disregarded storm warnings, but survivors said the seas picked up suddenly and little could be done.
An increasing number of sea birds pick over the coastal shelves as you enter the woodland of Crawfordsburn country park.
I joined the speedboat crew as they bumped across the open sea to pick up another group of migrants.
Gandhi protested the British salt monopoly by marching to the sea and picking up a pinch of salt.
Investment in Southeast Asia (SEA) has picked up significantly in 2018.
The east of the island wasn't so good, unfortunately the sea state picked up as we passed the sound back onto the west making it difficult to spot anything else".
After recovering from our adventurous eating, and a few days basking in the sun and sea, we picked up a rental car (the most hideous blue monster of a vehicle imaginable) and headed into Corsica's interior.
