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In the early 21st century independence from Great Britain was still an issue, and the government established a commission in 2004 to discuss the procedures by which it might be achieved. The commission issued its formal report the following year, but the idea of cutting ties continued to lack wide support among citizens. In 2002 the British Overseas Territories Act granted full British citizenship to Bermudians, which would not automatically accrue to citizens of an independent Bermuda. | In the early 21st century independence from Great Britain was still an issue, and the government established a commission in 2004 to discuss the procedures by which it might be achieved. The commission issued its formal report the following year, but the idea of cutting ties continued to lack wide support among citizens. In 2002 the British Overseas Territories Act granted full British citizenship to Bermudians, which would not automatically accrue to citizens of an independent Bermuda. | ||
==Bermuda Race== | |||
Bermuda Race, one of the world’s major ocean races for sailing yachts. Originating in 1906, it has been held biennially since 1924 (except during World War II); since 1936 it has covered the 635-nautical-mile (1,176-kilometre) distance from Newport, R.I., U.S., to Bermuda. The race is cosponsored by the Cruising Club of America and the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, with the winners determined by a handicapping formula. Beginning in 1986 separate awards were given to the winners of the two main divisions, or classes, of ships in the Bermuda Race—one for the fastest cruiser/racer yacht and one for the fastest grand prix racer. The yachts in these two divisions race under the rules, respectively, of the International Measurement System (formerly the Measurement Handicap System) and the International Offshore Rule. | |||
==Bermuda Triangle== | |||
[[File:Cyclops.jpeg]]<br> | |||
''Cyclops” <br> | |||
''The USS Cyclops—pictured here in the Hudson River, New York, in 1911—went missing in the area of the Bermuda Triangle in March 1918. There were no survivors, and the wreck has never been found.<br> | |||
Bermuda Triangle, section of the North Atlantic Ocean off North America in which more than 50 ships and 20 airplanes are said to have mysteriously disappeared. The area, whose boundaries are not universally agreed upon, has a vaguely triangular shape marked by the southern U.S. coast, Bermuda, and the Greater Antilles. | |||
Reports of unexplained occurrences in the region date to the mid-19th century. Some ships were discovered completely abandoned for no apparent reason; others transmitted no distress signals and were never seen or heard from again. Aircraft have been reported and then vanished, and rescue missions are said to have vanished when flying in the area. However, wreckage has not been found, and some of the theories advanced to explain the repeated mysteries have been fanciful. Although theories of supernatural causes for these disappearances abound, geophysical and environmental factors are most likely responsible. One hypothesis is that pilots failed to account for the agonic line—the place at which there is no need to compensate for magnetic compass variation—as they approached the Bermuda Triangle, resulting in significant navigational error and catastrophe. Boaters and fliers continue to venture through the triangle without event. | |||
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