In February 2013, an alarming news story reported that a ghost ship filled with cannibal rats was heading for the coast of England. While the story was greatly exaggerated, the ship it was based on was very real. The MV Lyubov Orlova was a Russian cruise ship that enjoyed a long and profitable career offering expedition cruises. How did she end up drifting abandoned on the North Atlantic?
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Sources:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIrbrCyCGj8
Chapters:
00:00 Ghost Ship Octavius
3:47 Chapter 1: Lyubov Orlova
7:52 Chapter 2: The Vast and Unknowable Sea
13:33 Chapter 3: An Aging Star
17:26 Chapter 4: Limbo
23:08 Chapter 5: Russian Ghost Ship
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