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Methane hydrate
Methane hydrate
A little-known potential energy source.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/18/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Canadian icebreaker Labrador
Canadian icebreaker Labrador
The first major Canadian icebreaker.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/15/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 3 comments


Sperm whale
Sperm whale
A magnificent animal, once hunted almost to extinction.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/11/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands
A long-disputed archipelago in the South Atlantic

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/8/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Abel Tasman
Abel Tasman
European discoverer of Australia and New Zealand

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/4/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Chincha Islands War
Chincha Islands War
A last hurrah for Spain in Latin America

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 5/1/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 1 comments


MS Selandia
MS Selandia
Possibly the world’s first ocean-going diesel-powered commercial vessel.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/27/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


Bathyscaphe Trieste
Bathyscaphe Trieste
A revolutionary diving craft, leading the way for future generations.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/24/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Bluefields
Bluefields
A Nicaraguan coastal community with pirate and English heritage.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/20/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


SS Manhattan
SS Manhattan
Making a legendary transit of the Northwest Passage in 1969.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/17/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


What have we learned from the Titanic casualty?
What have we learned from the Titanic casualty?
Not a heck of a lot, at least to date.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/13/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


RV Deepsea Challenger
RV Deepsea Challenger
A momentous journey to the deepest point in the sea.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/10/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


SS Glückauf
SS Glückauf
The first modern oil tanker.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/6/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Bay of Fundy
Bay of Fundy
A body of water with high potential for generation of tidal energy.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 4/3/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Great White Fleet
Great White Fleet
The United States Navy steps onto the world stage.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/30/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


SS Ideal X
SS Ideal X
The beginning of the container ship revolution.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/27/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Other experimental ironclads
Other experimental ironclads
While the USS Monitor was a success, the same cannot be said for the others.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/23/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


USS Monitor
USS Monitor
An innovative ship, despite its short career.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/20/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Joshua James - Lifesaver
Joshua James - Lifesaver
A life dedicated to rescuing those in peril at sea.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/16/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Jeannette Expedition
Jeannette Expedition
An epic three-year Arctic voyage that ended tragically.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/13/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Texas Navy
Texas Navy
Defending the coast of Texas from foreign attack.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/9/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


Double standard writ large
Double standard writ large
Disparity between penalties for ship and shore

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/6/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Michael Healy
Michael Healy
A trail-blazing commander of Revenue Cutters in early Alaska.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 3/2/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


HMS Victory – 1737
HMS Victory – 1737
Launched in 1737, sunk in a storm in 1744, wreck discovered in 2008.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/28/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 3 comments


Northern fur seal
Northern fur seal
Subject of the first wildlife conservation treaty.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/24/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Johnson’s sea grass
Johnson’s sea grass
A rare and threatened marine plant, found only in Florida.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/21/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Right whales
Right whales
Highly endangered marine mammals.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/17/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


Kort nozzle
Kort nozzle
Application of aeronautical engineering to ship propulsion.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/14/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 2 comments


Manila-Acapulco galleons
Manila-Acapulco galleons
Treasure ships plying the Pacific for 250 years.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/10/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 3 comments


Andres de Urdaneta
Andres de Urdaneta
Pioneering Spanish navigator, explorer, and friar.

Posted to Maritime Musings by Dennis Bryant on 2/7/2012 7:00:00 AM | with 0 comments


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