CRETAquarium Thalassokosmos
Sprawling marine research aquarium in a former air base, with sand tiger sharks and loggerhead turtles.
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This guide to CRETAquarium Thalassokosmos traces the site's life before the fish tanks, when this compound on Crete's north coast was the United States Air Force's Iraklion Air Station, watching the Mediterranean through the Cold War. You'll hear how a group of Greek marine biologists, already studying local sea life at the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete, looked at the abandoned base and saw a ready-made shell for their tanks, opening the doors as Cretaquarium on December 18, 2005. Beyond the sand tiger sharks and loggerhead turtles in the main tank, the guide follows what scientists here are now quietly tracking as the sea around them changes.
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