Jacques and team in the Arctic John Denver talks about how he composed Calypso, and released this 1994 video inspired by his friend Jacques Cousteau…
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Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Chock-A-Block
Items packed so tightly together as to prevent movement. A chock is typically a wooden wedge used to secure moving objects on deck and in…
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Chock-A-BlockNautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Son of a Gun
From this website… The phrase originated as ‘son of a military man’ (i.e. a gun). The most commonly repeated version in this strand is that…
View More Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Son of a GunTrophy fish, back in the day
What better way to get at the question of recreational fishing impacts to ocean wildlife than to study historical pictures of the day’s catch on…
View More Trophy fish, back in the dayA Ring of Fire…
From Richard Alley, a geoscientist at Penn State. Hat tip to Nature‘s The Great Beyond.
View More A Ring of Fire…Gene Regulators
This shizzle be grizzle fo’ my rizzle. Dizzle? Word out!
View More Gene RegulatorsAnother Atlantis discovered on YouTube
Having ignored the myriad blog postings about people using Google Earth’s new ocean layer to discover Atlantis, and tracking about 20 different ridiculous stories, I…
View More Another Atlantis discovered on YouTubeSunken French battleship discovered
BBC News reports: A French battleship sunk in 1917 by a German submarine has been discovered in remarkable condition on the floor of the Mediterranean…
View More Sunken French battleship discoveredShipwrecked flagship HMS Victory discovered
Reuters reports that artifacts from the 250 year old shipwreck of the British flagship HMS Victory have been recovered. The wreck was discovered by Odyssey…
View More Shipwrecked flagship HMS Victory discovered19th Century Voyage through Google Earth
We’ve seen over the last week that the new ocean layer in Google Earth 5.0 is a useful tool for visualization and presentation. DSN readers…
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