The Corryvreckan whirlpool is a fierce, circular current between the Scottish isles of Jura and Scarba. Nicknamed the "raging cauldron," it almost killed George Orwell and his son Richard in 1947.

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A map of the ocean currents in the Atlantic. These ocean currents are weakening due to a "warming hole" in the waters southeast of Greenland. (Image credit: Adapted from PeterHermesFurian, via ...

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"We were towing a yacht to a safe anchorage that had earlier got itself into difficulties close to the Corryvreckan whirlpool. "Passing the island of Lunga, we were joined by a large pod of dolphins.

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A boat with one person on board has been towed to safety after breaking down near the Corryvreckan whirlpool in Argyll and Bute. The Oban RNLI lifeboat was called to the scene when the alarm was ...