Of shoes — and ships — and sealing wax Of cabbages — and kings And…
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Stranger in the Forest
In 1988 I read Eric Hansen’s book, Stranger in the Forest. Having just reread it I…
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Amazing Amimals
This is photo of Mark Dumas was taken milliseconds before his neck was eaten by…
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Cannibal Holocaust and soooo much more
Now that I have your attention, here are some of the most unusual films of…
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Cities that are always wet even though it never rains.
In many places in the world, generally along the ocean shore, cities have been discovered…
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Wind, Waves and Time
The wind and the ocean work in concert to produce life on earth. And what…
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Climate Reality
I had the privilege of recently attending Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project conference, the purpose of…
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Heavenly Creatures
Angels are real and I have photographic proof. People love whales and dolphins because we…
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Lost at Sea
Many sailors have been lost at sea and some live to tell the tale. I…
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Tianjin go BOOM!
Tianjin is the fourth largest city in China with about 14 million folks. It is…
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Fishing…sort of
There is no such thing as a fish. Really, there is no common agreement as…
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Swimmers
How far can you swim? Most mammals can swim, even though some really don’t like to.…
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We came to conquer…
Wait, where is everybody? I can think of only one country in the entire world…
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The Andrea Doria
On July 25th, 1956 the cruise ship SS Andrea Doria was just a few hours…
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Deep, far, tiny and bouncy
Because the ocean is so vast and available for free it is often called upon…
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Moby Dick
Like Ahab, I’m going after this very BIG fish. And yes, Melville thought whales were…
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Hawaii Goes to the Movies
This is article number 100 of Pacific Voyages. Yeah, balloon drop! After two years of…
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Kiribati
$1642.16 per capita a year. Maybe it’s the name. It’s pronounced keerybass. You might have…
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The Forbidden Island
There are seven occupied islands of the 136-ish in the Hawaiian archipelago. First, what, 136?!?…
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The Antikythera Mechanism
Not in the Pacific and not a voyage. But it is my favorite story from…
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