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Holland America's Nieuw Statendam left Rotterdam on a 28-night voyage built around a single goal: floating in open water off Iceland the moment totality hits on August 12. A ship can steer into the path and dodge cloud cover — here's why chasing an eclipse by sea beats standing in a field.
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