Dutch students complete Atlantic crossing forced by the global outbreak of Coronavirus COVID-19
《The Dutch sailing vessel "Wylde Swan"》
(CNN) — As journeys home go, it was a particularly long and unusual one.
The Covid-19 pandemic forced a group of 24 Dutch teenagers to sail the Atlantic to return to the Netherlands, arriving safely in the port of Harlingen on Sunday after more than five weeks at sea.
The students, aged between 14 and 17, were on a sail/study program around the Caribbean on the "Wylde Swan" two-mast topsail schooner. While they were scheduled to fly home from Cuba last month, restrictions due to the global pandemic put their return journey in major doubt.
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綜合外媒報導，一群早前於加勒比海的荷蘭高中生，乘坐在一艘為名「野天鵝 (Wylde Swan)」的雙桅帆船上，參與預計為期六周的海上航行課程；
不料，全球新冠病毒COVID-19(武漢肺炎)疫情突然大爆發，師生們於三月中這才發現，由於全球疫情太過嚴重，已無法按原計畫從古巴搭飛機返回荷蘭......
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