Congratulations to Clipper Ship City of Adelaide Director Peter Christopher, on being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to Maritime History.
Peter Christopher convened the first meeting of Adelaide volunteers to save the City of Adelaide in July 2000 and worked tirelessly since in the preservation and restoration of this important piece of maritime history. His vision and dedication continue to be a driving force in the planned Seaport Village project at Dock 2, Port Adelaide.
Peter Christopher is also the author of 7 books on shipwrecks and riverboats, and co-author of another 2. Continue reading
Reports suggest that 
Last Saturday, January 20, a series of massive storm-driven waves struck the island of Roi-Namur in the Marshall Islands causing considerable flooding and damage to the 
Encouraging news! Following a 
In 1986, a massive iceberg, more than three times larger than New York City, calved off West Antarctica’s Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf and immediately grounded on the floor of the Weddell Sea, where it remained stuck for almost four decades.
UK Royal Navy minehunter 
A new analysis has concluded that a large, grassy hill in Norway known as the Herlaugshagen burial mound was likely the site of a pre-Viking ship burial. What is fascinating is that the site was excavated three times during the late 18th century and no one found the ship within the mound. 
Houthi anti-ship missiles struck two more commercial ships in the Red Sea off Yemen in the last two days. There were no reports of injuries on either ship.
An updated repost — a look back at the twin miracles on the Hudson from fifteen years ago today. On January 15, 2009, 
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