The whole appearance of the ocean was like a plane covered with snow. There was scarce a cloud in the heavens, yet the sky ...

The travelogue moments of the book are the best written, as Synnott and his crew sail his 47-foot boat Polar Sun east to west ...

Rescuers only recovered the bodies of 337 of the 1,500-plus passengers and crew who died in the disaster. Around one-third of ...