In November 2017, Sarah Thomas, a marathon swimmer from Colorado, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. She underwent chemotherapy, surgery, and radiation to fight the disease. One of the ways she coped was by continuing to swim.
And cope she has indeed. From Sunday to Tuesday, over a period of 54 hours, Sarah Thomas, 37, swam the English Channel four times, nonstop, becoming the first person ever on record to do so. Only one year out of treatment for cancer, she swam nearly 134 miles (215km) in the open sea, a swim made more challenging by strong tides and choppy conditions.
Four ships from the Navy’s carrier Harry S. Truman Strike Group are deploying from the East Coast this week. Notably, the aircraft carrier 
On the same day that I heard the news of the horrific fire on the dive boat Conception which killed 34 passengers and crew, I also saw 
Here is a wholly random question. When and where was William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet first performed on shipboard? 
In May of last year, we posted about the Russians’ first floating nuclear power plant, “
Imagine a yacht that is almost completely silent, with a close to unlimited range, and that doesn’t pollute. While it may sound too good to be true, this is what 
I recently came across a reference for a “nocturnal for both bears.” It sounded, at first, like a piece of music written by Mussorgsky or perhaps Prokofiev, which it isn’t. It is a device used for telling time at night by the position of Polaris and the stars of the constellation Ursa Major, the “big bear.” 
For the last several days, 
The cruise industry in the Caribbean is donating to help the Bahamian victims of Hurricane Dorian. Royal Caribbean, Carnival, Norwegian Caribbean and Disney have all pledged millions in hurricane relief.
The 
A horrific fire broke on the commercial scuba diving vessel, 
On September 7th at 2PM, the 
