ocean travel

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At the same time, the author—who has written about architecture, poetry, ocean travel and the King James Bible—admits that he “had never paid much attention to birds” before his life-changing encounter with a dead one.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The Coast Guard recommends that mariners crossing the open ocean travel with multiple forms of communication, including radios and satellite and an electronic position radio beacon so authorities can find those needing rescue.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

The innovation of the steamship - like the 280-foot SS Central America - made ocean travel easier but could also lead to complacency when considering weather at sea, said Mr Evans.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2022

With the sinking of the Titanic three years earlier, the Lusitania was perhaps the world’s most luxurious means of ocean travel, with every kind of amenity and service, except perhaps a couple.

From Washington Times • May 1, 2015

We must pass hastily over the other inventions, rapidly following each other, and all designed to make ocean travel more swift, more safe, and more comfortable, and to increase the profit of the shipowner.

From American Merchant Ships and Sailors by Abbot, Willis J. (Willis John)