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BAVARIA, Container Ship - Here's how to track the Canadian garbage that's making its way home from the Philippines.
It's about time.
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Waterlines: On Writing and Sailing
A boat, like a piece of writing, is first of all conceived as a structure. Whether it is a cargo ship, an ocean liner, a ferry, or a pleasure boat, each has a primary function, a part to play. Its purpose defines its size, its shape, and its overall dimensions. When I write, I proceed in the same manner. Each part, each chapter, has its own function. Just as the engine powers the boat, as the bow cleaves through the waves, and the keel ensures the stability, even the shortest paragraph fulfils a certain purpose. In my case, the engineer endows the writer with a desire for efficiency.
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Mayflower 400: the science of sailing across the ocean in 1620
When a shipload of puritan colonisers set sail for the New World, maritime science and navigation were fairly unsophisticated.
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The viral ‘Wellerman’ sea shanty is also a window into the remarkable cross-cultural whaling history of Aotearoa New Zealand
The whaling story behind 'Soon May the Wellerman Come' reminds us of the crucial connections between Māori and Europeans that shaped early 19th century settlement.
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IBM-powered Mayflower autonomous ship set to sail itself across Atlantic
An autonomous ship fitted with software developed by IBM is getting ready to sail across the Atlantic Ocean in the weeks ahead, according to the BBC. The Mayflower Autonomous Ship, which was completed and launched in September, is an artificial intelligence, solar-powered marine research vessel that will sail across oceans to collect environmental data. The ship commemorates the crossing of the original Mayflower 400 years ago.
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The science of sailing: inside the race across the world’s most remote ocean
After a long hiatus, the epic Ocean Race is back – but this year the teams are gathering crucial data from places even research vessels rarely reach
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