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‘The Goonies’ turns 40 this year—and to make the film, director Steven Spielberg may have drawn inspiration from a real-life shipwreck that occurred off Oregon’s coast. It’s known as the ...
Thirty years ago, Steven Callahan survived a shipwreck and spent 76 days adrift on the Atlantic. Alone in a life raft, he fished and drank rainwater to survive. As a consultant on Life of Pi, he ...
A Mysterious Shipwreck Found Off The Oregon Coast : Short Wave For centuries, mysterious blocks of beeswax and Chinese porcelain have washed up on the Oregon coast, leading to legends of pirates ...
Blackbeard, who died almost 300 years ago, captured his flagship "Queen Anne's Revenge" in 1717, when it was a French slave ship. Its wreck was first discovered in 1997.
But right now—as I type—the team is exploring a U.S. military ship that sunk recently. And you can watch the exploration of it live, in real time, at the Nautilus site .
‘The Goonies’ turns 40 this year—and to make the film, director Steven Spielberg may have drawn inspiration from a real-life shipwreck called the Beeswax Wreck.
Real-Life Shipwreck Survivor Helped 'Life Of Pi' Get Lost At Sea. In Life of Pi, one of the nine Oscar nominees for Best Picture this year, a boy suffers a shipwreck and is lost at sea.