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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 ...
Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love, by Sophie Elmhirst, won the £30,000 Gold Prize at the Nero Book Awards, on Wednesday.
Saturday marks the 308th anniversary of the sinking of the pirate ship, Whydah, after one of the worst storms in history hit the boat off the coast of Cape Cod.
Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love, by Sophie Elmhirst, won the £30,000 Gold Prize at the Nero Book Awards, on Wednesday.
The San Jose galleon was believed to be holding gold, silver, gemstones and other treasure worth billions of dollars when it was sunk in 1708.
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 ...
Hands-on experiences are central to the exhibit, including the opportunity to feel what a 75-mph hurricane is like in a wind tube.
What just happened? The sinking of the Titanic is one of the most notorious maritime disasters ever recorded. A new scanning effort is now bringing the shipwreck beyond speculation and blockbuster ...
Small Boat, which was shortlisted for the 2025 International Booker Prize, centres on a real horror: the drowning of 27 people in the English Channel on November 24 2021.
‘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.