Weird Science

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The Dead Water Phenomenon

What the hell is that?  

Nope, it's not some TV show.  
It's some phenomenon taking place in any ocean and some river mouths.
Dead water can frustrate you indeed.  
You just get trapped by it when fresh water from a melting glacier or a lake and the sea get mixed up to some point.
You see, they're not the same water!
Sediments and water density have a lot to do with this mysterious event.
There are times where both kinds of water form sheets and strange currents that can even make your ship get stuck.  
Now scientists unlike this one fear that might have caused the famous queen Cleopatra and her lover had lost a naval battle in Actium. Curiously her opponents owned ships that were weaker than hers and still defeated her navy.

http://www.cnrs.fr/en/behind-dead-water-phenomenon