Field Notes: Sunbathing Among the Ruins of a Shipping Vessel

Zante Island, Greece: The remains of a cigarette ship that met its demise in October of 1980.

Author:: Pacific Standard Staff
Publish date:: Sep 7, 2018

field-notes-september-costas — (Photo: Costas Spathis)

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