The Last Days of Blackbeard
An exclusive account of the final raid and political maneuvers of history’s most notorious pirate
The Dutch Nearly Beat James Cook to New Zealand
A shipwreck discovered off New Zealand dates to a time before Cook’s arrival
Predators May Use a Bit of the Old Razzle Dazzle to Snag Prey
The bright colors and harsh angles of dazzle camouflage confounds locusts, suggesting that predators who sport the abstract patterns can hunt more easily
Interactive: The 50 Largest Ports in the World
Investigate for yourself the mechanisms of global trade
Why the Titanic Still Fascinates Us
One hundred years after the ocean liner struck an iceberg and sank, the tragedy still looms large in the popular psyche
A Michigan Museum of Shipwrecks
On the shore of Lake Superior, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum details the history of boats lost in the deep waters
A Compass Saves the Crew
A WWII sailor’s memento recalls the harrowing ordeal when his ship, the SS Alcoa Guide, was struck by a German U-Boat
Abandoned Ship: The Mary Celeste
What really happened aboard the Mary Celeste? More than a century after her crew went missing, a scenario is emerging
Remember The Maine
It has been more than a century since the storied dreadnought sank, but controversy has not yet abandoned the ship
A Stout Ship’s Heartbreaking Ordeal by Ice
Heading north for the pole, the Jeannette was frozen fast for 21 months, then sank; for captain and crew, that was the easy part
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