Sea Glass: Saltwater Frosting, Poison Bottle Cobalt, and Rare Orange Shards
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Sea glass is human trash turned into a collectible by the ocean, and the change is as much chemi...
28 Sep 20min
The Crow's Nest: Scoresby's 1807 Arctic Barrel and a Viking Crow Myth
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The crow's nest is the lookout at the very top of a ship's mainmast, distinct from the top, the ...
28 Sep 21min
Shanghaiing: Crimps, Blood Money, and the Seamen's Act That Ended It
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the 1850s a man could take a free beer in a San Francisco tavern and wake up at sea, bound fo...
28 Sep 23min
Mutiny Law: Hudson Set Adrift, HMS Hermione, and the Revolt of the Lash
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the winter of 1611, trapped in pack ice with no rations left, the crew of the Discovery set e...
28 Sep 20min
Foghorns: Robert Foulis's Stolen Steam Horn, Sirens, and the Diaphone Grunt
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Before foghorns, keeping ships off the rocks in fog meant conch shells, gongs, bells, and cannon...
28 Sep 22min
Marie Tharp: Mapping the Mid-Atlantic Rift Valley While Barred From Ships
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Marie Tharp, born in 1920 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, rode along with her father, a USDA soil survey...
28 Sep 19min
HMS Victory: Stuck in the Dock Gates, Trafalgar, and a War on Beetles
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!HMS Victory, the oldest commissioned warship in the world, began as a troubled project at Chatha...
28 Sep 24min
Umibozu: Japan's Bald Sea Monk, the Bottomless Ladle, and Tokuzo's Retort
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Umibozu, or sea monk, is a yokai of Japanese sailor lore: a giant, dark, bald headed figure ...
28 Sep 24min
