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Cuba's Unspoiled Tropical Reefs

KUNM | By Courtney Brooks
Published February 9, 2015 at 4:23 PM MST
Reef Libre: The Last, Best Reefs in the World is diver and photographer Robert Wintner’s most recently published book. (Photo: courtesy of Robert Wintner)

Wed. 02/11 8a: Cuban reefs are some of the most beautiful and well-preserved in the world, partly due to the country’s economic isolation. But with relations between the US and Cuba thawing, diver and photographer Robert Wintner had the chance to dive Cuba’s unspoiled reefs and has detailed the experience in his new book Reef Libre: The Last, Best Reefs in the World
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