The entrance to the Channel,opposite the Island of Ouessant,is one of the most feared areas: thousands of tankers,vessels,cargo ship navigate on dangerous water,where hard winds can throw them against the harsh coast.
After one of our times largest ecological dramas,the sinking of the AMOCO CADIZ in 1978,which turned Brittany waters into a black tide with more than 200.000 ton of oil spill,a shipping channel,the "Rail d'Ouessant",was created in order to protect navigating ships , the environment and to fight smuggling and drug traffic.
The shipping channel is a complex unity of high tech radar...