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Object of the week: A sailor's woe and a heroic maiden
Reblogged from : Married to a Mermaid, about 1866 I was trawling through the museum’s collection of sheet music when Married to a Mermaid (about 1866) caught my eye. Initially, I was struck by the peculiarity of the image; a … Continue reading
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“The Perfect Storm” at 20
This Halloween I’ve read about more than a few shipwreck-themed horrors designed to scare children, young and old (here‘s my favorite). But hardly a scarier story can be found than that of the no-name Halloween storm immortalized in Sebastian Junger’s The … Continue reading
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The R/V Rena Disaster, Part II
If Part I of the Rena disaster (see this earlier post) was the wreck on October 5, Part II is the salvage effort. This morning, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key told reporters the cost of the clean-up and salvage … Continue reading
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