The Boston Globe, August 14th, 1999
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad -- Peter Bjerke is a giant of a man, 6 foot 6 and thick through the shoulders, with a wild shock of blond hair that looks windblown even indoors. The 44-year-old Swede travels the Caribbean Sea in his 36-foot sailboat, the Odyssey. It's a solo life of adventure and freedom, limited only by the hurricanes that scourge this part of the world every year. So here he is, whiling away his time in a tiny pub, a tropical downpour splashing the sidewalk outside. "I have to be below 12 degrees (latitude) during the hurricane season. It's written into my insurance policy," Bjerke ...
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