[geographical mysteries] adrift on the the sargasso sea

This is part one of a new series on spots in the world which have puzzled man for centuries. The Sargasso Sea [see map] is part of the North Atlantic Ocean, lying roughly between the West Indies and the Azores. Here, the heart of the Bermuda Triangle is covered by the strangest and most notorious sea on the planet - named after a kind of seaweed which lazily floats over its entire expanse, called sargassum. The myths [and maybe truths] about this sea predate the more infamous Bermuda Triangle by a considerable period. Read on.