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The disaster cruises that followed Krakatoa
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Nothing screams 'relaxing vacation' like sailing a steamship through literal floating pumice and debris to gawk at a volcano that just murdered 36,000 people. Almost immediately after Krakatoa blew itself to pieces in 1883, steamship operators quickly pivoted to chartering macabre 'pleasure cruises' into the disaster zone, cementing humanity's grim fascination with dark tourism.
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