Lighthouse Keeper In The Storm

October 31, 2012

Lighthouse Keeper In The Storm

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Dick talks with Marge Winski, keeper of the Montauk Point Lighthouse about how she rode out the night on the eastern most tip of land jutting into the waters off Montauk, Long island. She was alone except for her dog Maggie, a Newfoundland, and the wind.

Music:

"Seven Days of Falling" by Esbjorn Svensson

Ocean

Nature

and

Adventure

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