1.   It is the first spit of land visible to incoming birds after a considerable sea crossing.

2.   The sea crossing served only to emphasise the idyll we left behind.

3.   There is a discernible, almost romantic frisson about a sea crossing, nomatterhow short.

4.   Wrangel Island suffered the same climate changes as the mainland, but the sea crossing kept people out for thousands of years.

5.   Franca stressed that an attempted clandestine sea crossing was only a first hypothesis.

6.   Immigration officials said last week they were bracing for a wave of asylum seekers setting off from Indonesia for the perilous sea crossing.

7.   It was to begin later Tuesday with a sea crossing to Algiers by the ferry Liberty, he said.

8.   The agency tries to make people aware of the dangers of making the sea crossings, but they often ignore the warnings because they are desperate, she said.

9.   The best time to visit Krakatau is between April and June, or in September and October, because the sea crossing is calmest and the weather best.

10.   The agency tries to make people aware of the dangers of making the sea crossings, but they often ignore the warnings because they are desperate, said Kumin.