Grace Darling: The Forfarshire Rescue Behind the Victorian Lighthouse Myth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Grace Horsley Darling was born in Bamburgh on England's northeast coast and moved as a baby to t...
28 Sep 19min
Hydrothermal Vents: Mouthless Tube Worms, Rock Batteries, and Life's Origin
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Hydrothermal vents form where tectonic plates pull apart at mid ocean ridges. Seawater seeps int...
28 Sep 22min
RMS Olympic: Titanic's Older Twin That Rammed and Sank a U-Boat in 1918
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The RMS Olympic was White Star Line's answer to Cunard's fast Lusitania and Mauretania. Unable t...
28 Sep 25min
The Klabautermann: Green-Toothed Ship Goblin Who Caulks Leaks by Night
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Klabautermann is a water sprite of German, Dutch, and Frisian sailor lore: a figure about tw...
28 Sep 21min
Cape of Good Hope: The Cape of Storms, Crab-Eating Baboons, Red Sea Detours
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Cape of Good Hope is not Africa's southern tip. That is Cape Agulhas, about 150 kilometers t...
28 Sep 22min
Joshua Slocum: The Non-Swimmer Who Sailed the Spray Alone Around the World
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single handed around the globe, never learned to swim an...
28 Sep 23min
Empress of Ireland: 14 Minutes in the St. Lawrence and a Chisel Bow
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The RMS Empress of Ireland, launched in 1906 for Canadian Pacific Steamships, carried immigrants...
28 Sep 21min
Edmund Fitzgerald: A Chaotic 1958 Launch, a Blind Radar, and 29 Lost
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On June 7, 1958, about 15,000 people watched the largest ship yet built for North America's Grea...
28 Sep 23min
