A nice 9 minute interview of Bob Ballard on a recent 60 minutes. (click on link if player below does not work) Watch CBS News…
View More Ocean Explorer Bob Ballard on 60 MinutesCategory: Social Sciences
Have You Scrubbed Your Cephalopod This Morning?
Squidy by ~ced66 on deviantART Hat tip to @sevenbullsboy on Twitter.
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Craig is the hipster around here, always keeping up on the latest trends and knows exactly what the kids are doing these days. Me, I…
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Life Magazine’s website has pictures up from a 1954 photo shoot of the Disney movie adaptation of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. It…
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Kevin and I are big fans of I’m On A Boat and the internets are full of parodies of this parody (Bert and Ernie ver.,…
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Forget the megayacht of yesterday. I am sure I can afford a megayacht timeshare…unless you can rent by the minute and I start saving now.…
View More With Twigs and an Animal Hide You Too Can Build a BoatTreking Poles, Sledges, 1600lbs of Pork, and 12 Cases of Whiskey
In January 1908, Shackleton and his team built a hut on the Antarctic continent to serve as a base for an attempt on the South…
View More Treking Poles, Sledges, 1600lbs of Pork, and 12 Cases of WhiskeyGhost Ships
Top Tenz as a list of 12 ghost ships. Just kidding, it is just ten. My favorite… One of the most amazing cases of a…
View More Ghost ShipsWednesday Nautical Term/Phrase: Fit The Bill
Thank God for Brian Berlin! In agreement or harmony with A Bill of Lading was signed by the ship’s master acknowledging receipt of specified goods…
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margin of safety, available amount of freedom or room to move or act Weatherward or windward is the side of the ship toward the wind. …
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Leeway