Water Transportation
Journey to the Bottom of the Earth – Almost
Anyone would be a fool to visit the South Island and not see the cliffs and marine scenery of Milford Sound
Seven Islands to Visit in 2012
Pitcairn Island is populated by 50 people, has a handful of hostels, a general store and a café and, frankly, could really use a few visitors
The Wonders that Wash Ashore: Malarrimo Beach
The attraction of beachcombing is that one isn't perusing a garbage dump; much of what one sifts through on a stretch of sand are valuables lost at sea
Into a Desert Place: A Talk With Graham Mackintosh
In remote fishing camps, a few older fishermen remember a red-haired Englishman who tramped through 30 years ago, disappearing around the next point
Pop-Up Relief in Kenya’s Slums
Solar-powered huts built by a Montana-based construction company provide two big needs: water and cellphone power
The Wild World of the Black Sea
Visitors come for the place and spill onto the beach and pose exuberantly under umbrellas and wrestle with colorful inflatable toys in the brown waves
On the Elwha, a New Life When the Dam Breaks
A huge dam-removal project will reveal sacred Native American lands that have been flooded for a century
Borne on a Black Current
For thousands of years, the Pacific Ocean’s strong currents have swept shipwrecked Japanese sailors onto American shores
Spirit of the Sea
Tlingit artisans craft a canoe that embodies their culture's oceangoing past
R.I.P., Mighty O
A fabled aircraft carrier sunk deliberately off the coast of Florida is the world's largest artificial reef
Abraham Lincoln Is the Only President Ever to Have a Patent
In 1849, a future president patented an amazing addition to transportation technology
Hewed From History
In Charleston, South Carolina, shipwrights re-create a 19th-century schooner
Odd DUKW
On land and in the water, World War II's amphibian workhorse showed the skeptics a thing or two now it shows tourists the sights
Poling on the River
Batteaux were once the lifeblood of Virginia commerce; now locals celebrate those bygone days
Digging Ditches
Narrow, humble irrigation ditches called acequias sustain an endangered way of life but for how long?
The Battle of the Dams
Those who think some of our rivers are a dammed shame argue for the structures to come down
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