학술논문

Rip Tide: Trouble at a Spanish beach.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
American Scholar; Winter2024, Vol. 93 Issue 1, p3-6, 4p
Subject
Tides
Ocean circulation
Beaches
Decoration & ornament
Ordeal
Language
ISSN
00030937
Abstract
The article focuses on the experience of encountering a potentially life-threatening situation in the water while at a beach in Spain, highlighting the disorienting nature of finding oneself caught in a rip tide. Topics include the initial mistaken direction towards the beach, the intense struggle to return to shore against the pull of the rip tide, and reflections on the relief and disbelief of surviving such a perilous ordeal.