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What are milky seas? 400 years of sailors’ stories are shedding light on ocean bioluminescence
The whole appearance of the ocean was like a plane covered with snow. There was scarce a cloud in the heavens, yet the sky ...
Book Review: Mark Synnott heads ‘Into the Ice’ to chase the maritime mystery of Sir John Franklin
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 ...
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The Long, Strange Trip of the Titanic Victims Whose Remains Surfaced Hundreds of Miles Away, Weeks After the Ship Sank
Rescuers only recovered the bodies of 337 of the 1,500-plus passengers and crew who died in the disaster. Around one-third of ...
The Sun15d
British sailor drowned after sea urchins stung him, inquest finds
A BRIT sailor drowned while snorkelling after sea urchins stung him, an inquest heard. Christian Bogle, 26, disappeared from view in shallow waters last June. His body was recovered from the coral ...
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Pilot Killed In NJ Small Plane Crash: Police
Following the crash on Sunday, Franklin Township's former mayor, Chris Kelly, told the Franklin Reporter & Advocate that he heard what sounded like an engine straining and then — "it sounded like a ...
Getaway Magazine17d
South African sailor to lead crew across the globe in 11-month odyssey for Clipper Race
Cape Town sailor Dylan Kotze is preparing to helm a team of adventurers ... to oversee Clipper Round the World Yacht Race as Director, echoes a love for the sea as a proud South African. “It’s always ...
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Greenland Ice Cap is now the largest contributor to global sea level rise — but why?
BUT THE ICE IS MELTING. FAST. THE GREENLAND ICE CAP IS NOW THE THE LARGEST CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL SEA LEVEL RISE. IT’S OUTSTRIPPED THE GENERAL WARMING OF THE OCEAN, AND IT’S CONTRIBUTING MORE ...
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Six dead after submarine carrying tourists on a reef tour in Red Sea sinks
File photo of a submarine used by Sindbad Submarines in Egypt. (Sindbad Submarine) The tourist submarine sank in part of the Red Sea popular with divers and other visitors. (Nine) Property News ...
The Independent19d
U.S. officials went door-to-door in Greenland to find anyone who wanted to be visited by the Vances. They found no one
Thanks to climate change driven by human burning of fossil fuels, new shipping corridors are opening up in the Arctic Circle as sea ice melts. Trade routes between Asia and Europe or Asia and the ...
Dublin People Group19d
Howth RNLI crew rescue lone sailor in the Irish Sea
The volunteer lifeboat crew at Howth RNLI launched their All-Weather Lifeboat on Thursday afternoon to assist a sailor whose yacht was adrift in the Irish Sea, east of Howth and unable to make his way ...
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Tourist submarine sinks off Egypt's Red Sea coast, killing at least 6 people, officials say
Cairo — Six tourists died on Thursday when a tourist submarine sank off the resort of Hurghada on Egypt's Red Sea coast, the provincial governor said. The submarine was carrying 45 foreign ...
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At least six dead after tourist submarine sinks in Egypt's Red Sea
The vessel went down on Thursday after setting off from the harbour in the tourist promenade area in the coastal city of Hurghada. At least six people have died and nine have been injured after a ...