Engine Room Fire on Expedition Cruise Ship Le Boreal, Passengers Evacuated
The expedition cruise ship, Le Boreal, operated by French line Ponant, has been evacuated after a fire in the engine room. Fire […]
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Over One Million Square Miles of New Ocean Sanctuaries
It is easy to get caught up in the bad news. The oceans are filling with plastic. Coral reefs are
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El Faro Search Ends — Black Box Not Found
We know that the ro/ro El Faro sank with all hands after it lost power in the path of Hurricane
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Arthur Kill Ship Graveyard – Drone Flight
A beautiful and calming video of the Arthur Kill Ship Graveyard, off Staten Island, NY which seems appropriate for a
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Windjammer Peking Returning to Hamburg
Good, if rather bittersweet, news for those of us around New York harbor. The windjammer Peking, a fixture of New
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Schooner Spirit of South Carolina Returning to Charleston
Great news. The schooner Spirit of South Carolina is on her way home to Charleston, South Carolina. We recently heard from Meryl
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El Faro Update: Bridge Located, Search for Voyage Data Recorder Continues
The National Transportation Safety Board announced Thursday that U.S. Navy salvage tug Apache has located the bridge deck of El Faro roughly a
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Kon-Tiki 2 — Exploration and/or Anachronism?
On November 7th, two balsa rafts set out from Lima, Peru, bound for Easter Island on the Kon-Tiki 2 expedition.
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New York’s Gowanus Canal — Watch out for the Three-Eyed Catfish
A fisherman recently may or may not have caught a three-eyed catfish in New York’s Gowanus Canal. Why anyone would
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My Version of Pisco Grog
In the latter part of the 19th and the early 20th century, windjammer sailors in the nitrate and guano trades
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Hedy Lamarr — Radio-Controlled Torpedo Designer and Movie Star
Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, better known as Hedy Lamarr, was born to Jewish parents in Austria on November 9th, 1914, one
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Submarine Missile Launch Creates West Coast Light Show
Last night, right about sunset, the western sky over Southern California was filled by a weird blue-green light streaking across
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Temporary Reprieve for SS United States
At the beginning of October, the SS United States Conservancy announced that its board had retained the services of a broker
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Brazil’s Snake Island — Don’t Go There
Queimada Grande is a Brazilian island in the Atlantic Ocean roughly 90 miles from São Paulo. It is off limits
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Wind Power Returns to Block Island
Off the coast of Europe, offshore wind turbines with an installed capacity of over 6,600 MW generate enough electricity to power almost five million