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Daily press & media panorama with maritime thematic
Saturday, August 26, 2017
The trigonometry of sailing
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If you want to sail upwind fast, you better understand Trigonometry. Find out why in this video by Waterlust.
Friday, August 25, 2017
Russian tanker sails through Arctic without icebreaker for first time
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A Russian tanker has carried a cargo from Hammerfest in Norway to Boryeong in South Korea in 22 days, about 30% quicker than the conventi...
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Thursday, August 24, 2017
The shipping forecast: a map of Britain's splendid isolation
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From Bigthink by Frank Jacobs The Shipping Forecast is quite possibly the most British thing ever. The general synopsis at midday: High ...
"Dogger, Fisher, German Bight" shipping forecast celebrates 150 years of weather predictions
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The shipping forecast is a radio broadcast - that began in 1924 and can still be heard four times a day - which provides weather forecas...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
The hollow steel ball that changed ocean exploration forever
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William Beebe in the bathysphere. © Wildlife Conservation Society From Atlas Obscura by Lida Tunesi In the 1930s, the bathysphere ...
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