Sentences with phrase «in seafaring»

Mutinous thoughts float through the mind of Dr. Stephen Maturin (Paul Bettany) as he questions motives of Captain Jack Aubrey (Russell Crowe) in the seafaring adventure, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.

Accent your bedroom in seafaring subtlety with the Seedling by ThomasPaul Nautical Quilt Set.

In the ninth century, the advances in seafaring technology that enabled Scandinavian Vikings to raid northern and central Europe also opened the way for the Norse, as they came to be known in their later, peaceful incarnations, to journey west to Iceland.

Not exact matches

So it's natural that one of the world's greatest seafaring tongues, Portuguese, has a word for missing your home, your love, and your life that no word in English can touch: Saudade.

Ancient seafaring goes back thousands of years before that with the Greeks (3000 BC), the Mycenaeans (2000 BC, the Minoans (2500 BC, the Phoenicians (1500 BC) and many others in the area and in other places around the Earth.

I was in my 40s, lying in bed with one of Patrick O'Brian's great seafaring adventure novels.

At the risk of getting way off - topic, some in - depth study of ancient Chinese seafaring would be of interest (at least to me.)

So it happened that he became one of more than 20 nationally known sports stars to appear in the SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Festival at Jordan Marsh - Miami, a two - year - old department store which, with its own swimming pool and a marina for seafaring customers to park their yachts, is a showcase of modern retailing.

Find everything needed to build fairy homes, add - to or play in a teepee made of black locust and grapevine branches, master the stump jump, and let your seafaring fantasies unfold in a grounded sunken rowboat.

In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.

For seafarers living in India or the Philippines — the country that provides 25 % of the world's seafaring labour — the potential earnings level provides a standard of living in their home countries that is well in excess of what they could expect to achieve by taking employment ashore in those countries.

«It seems coherent for us to think that in south - east Asia and Australia, humans had seafaring capabilities by 60,000 to 70,000 years ago,» says expedition member Florent Detroit of the National Museum for Natural History in Paris, France.

On May 31, 2009, Nereus proved its seafaring mettle and plunged to a depth of 6.8 miles in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench.

Crete was suddenly colonized with domestic animals in 6000 B.C., so there must have been rafts or some kind of seafaring craft at that time.

Although researchers have studied scores of Roman ships, finding a much older Minoan wreck «would add 100 % new knowledge», says Shelley Wachsmann, an expert in ancient seafaring at Texas A&M University in College Station.

In January of 2012 the Costa Concordia, the largest luxury liner built in Italy, manufactured at the Fincantieri shipyards in the ancient seafaring city of Genoa to the highest standards of safety specified by law, struck a reef in the Mediterranean, and partially capsized, killing dozens of peoplIn January of 2012 the Costa Concordia, the largest luxury liner built in Italy, manufactured at the Fincantieri shipyards in the ancient seafaring city of Genoa to the highest standards of safety specified by law, struck a reef in the Mediterranean, and partially capsized, killing dozens of peoplin Italy, manufactured at the Fincantieri shipyards in the ancient seafaring city of Genoa to the highest standards of safety specified by law, struck a reef in the Mediterranean, and partially capsized, killing dozens of peoplin the ancient seafaring city of Genoa to the highest standards of safety specified by law, struck a reef in the Mediterranean, and partially capsized, killing dozens of peoplin the Mediterranean, and partially capsized, killing dozens of people.

Now she lies in the Hudson River like a horizontal skyscraper, three levels of her 18 decks filled with exhibits about military technology, history, and the science of seafaring and flight.

The Phoenician's seafaring and ship building skills put them in the top ranks of Mediterranean traders and colonizers beginning in the Bronze Age.

Spiers speculates that the high scores among Nordic nations may be a result of selection for good navigation abilities in their Viking and seafaring pasts.

«I think water crossing goes with modern language and with modern art,» says Geoff Irwin, an expert on ancient seafaring at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Morwood, who passed away on July 23 from cancer, made important contributions in research areas ranging from the rock art of Australia's Kimberly region to the seafaring capabilities of Homo erectus.

In fact, things appear just fine until they fail catastrophically: machines break apart, bridges buckle, seafaring ship engines malfunction, dental fillings fall out.

These ancient indigenous inhabitants, many of them ancestors to the modern Tsimshian, were a seafaring people who first encountered Europeans in the early 1700s.

This suggests there was a coastal migration route that required some kind of seafaring facility, says Silvia Gonzalez of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK, who investigates early human footprints in the Americas.

Then, in December 2011, researchers began the first systematic dives to examine what appears to be the oldest known shipwreck in the Indian Ocean, radiocarbon dated to between the 2nd and 1st centuries B.C.E. Because almost nothing was known about seafaring in this time and place, the wreck promises to remake our understanding of the region and era, team members say.

Seafaring Phoenicians adapted it to their language, followed by the Greeks, the Etruscans, and the Romans, who by 250 B.C. had settled on a 21 - letter scheme, dropping five Etruscan letters that were useless in Latin.

A female blue whale living in the northern hemisphere is about 82 feet long, but luckily for seafaring humans, they only feed on krill.

A female blue whale living in the northern hemisphere is about 82 feet long, but luckily for seafaring humans, they only feed on...

This impressive tower was built in the 16th century and gives an impression of the glamorous past of Portugal as an seafaring empire.

Boat shoes have a tendency to be paired with chinos and shorts, creating a preppy, seafaring look that's grown in popularity over the years.

This handsome seafaring themed set will add a nautical touch to any bedroom with its appliques and embroidery in navy blue and red.

Rope -LCB- of -RCB- course: durable natural canvas meets bright, bold color in a collection made with seafaring chic.

Rushed into production at Columbia Pictures to capitalize on the success of Jaws, another seafaring adventure based on a Peter Benchley novel, The Deep has a humdrum story, generally uncommitted performances, and a phoney Moray eel (nicknamed «Percy» on set) that gives the much - maligned mechanical shark «Bruce» from Jaws a run for its money in the department of unconvincing animal attacks.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 10, 2010 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (PG for frightening images and action fantasy sequences) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the world.

Now, if Captain Jerry can just find it within himself to forgive and old friend, this seafaring trio may find that everything will work out in the end.

Seafaring in the game is one of its strongest points at the gameworld's around 70 % sea.

From the gut - wrenching, step - by - step chronology of the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad to seafaring cultists practicing Scientology - like rituals in the wake of World War II to the 16th president twisting arms over the passing of the 13th Amendment, the best films of 2012 brought history to life with an extraordinary scrupulousness that still left room for vivid artistic expression.

Marius (Unrated) Romance drama, set in Marseille, where the seafaring son (Raphael Personnaz) of a tavern owner (Daniel Auteuil) finds himself torn between the love of a woman (Victoire Belezy) and the lure of a life on the ocean.

Clark Gable became the first actor to star in back - to - back Best Picture winners, when this seafaring drama (separated by seven Gable vehicles but no other Oscar ceremonies)

Film Review by Kam Williams Soaring Seafaring Saga Reenacts Daring Coast Guard Rescue On February 18, 1952, one of the worst nor'easter s in history hit New England.

Like a psychedelic «Misery» or «The Elephant Man» with a happy ending, but in reverse, Howe traps Wallace with plans to fashion him into a walrus, approximating the only true friend he's ever had — a tusked creature that saved his life when he was young, seafaring military man.

There were also trailers from Joe Wright's «PAN» in 3D (Oct 9) staring Rooney Mara, «THE INTERN» (Sept. 25) with Anne Hathaway and Robet DeNiro, Ron Howard's seafaring action adventure «IN THE HEART OF THE SEA» (Dec 11) inspired by Moby Dick, starring Chris Hemsworth and Cillian Murphy, and «BATMAN VS. SUPERMSN: DAWN OF JUSTICE» starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill (in 3D and IMAX March 2016in 3D (Oct 9) staring Rooney Mara, «THE INTERN» (Sept. 25) with Anne Hathaway and Robet DeNiro, Ron Howard's seafaring action adventure «IN THE HEART OF THE SEA» (Dec 11) inspired by Moby Dick, starring Chris Hemsworth and Cillian Murphy, and «BATMAN VS. SUPERMSN: DAWN OF JUSTICE» starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill (in 3D and IMAX March 2016IN THE HEART OF THE SEA» (Dec 11) inspired by Moby Dick, starring Chris Hemsworth and Cillian Murphy, and «BATMAN VS. SUPERMSN: DAWN OF JUSTICE» starring Ben Affleck and Henry Cavill (in 3D and IMAX March 2016in 3D and IMAX March 2016).

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (12/10) Third installment in the film franchise based on the C.S. Lewis series of fantasy novels finds Edmund (Skandar Keynes) and Lucy Pensie (Georgie Henley), along with their cousin Eustace (Will Poulter), returning to the magical land of Narnia to embark on a dangerous, seafaring mission taking them to the edge of the world.

In the wake of these upheavals, Sid reunites with his cantankerous Granny, and the herd encounters a ragtag menagerie of seafaring pirates determined to stop them from returning home.

Patrick O'Brien's characters inspire a grand and glorious spectacle in the tradition of the best seafaring epics.

In the Heart of the Sea (PG - 13 for action, peril, mature themes and brief violence) Seafaring adventure, set in 1820, recounting the ramming and sinking of The Essex by a sperm whale, the tragedy which inspired Herman Melville to write Moby DicIn the Heart of the Sea (PG - 13 for action, peril, mature themes and brief violence) Seafaring adventure, set in 1820, recounting the ramming and sinking of The Essex by a sperm whale, the tragedy which inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dicin 1820, recounting the ramming and sinking of The Essex by a sperm whale, the tragedy which inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick.

A visceral tale of grief is presented in «For Those in Peril», the debut film from writer / director, Paul Wright, which composites seafaring folklore against the raw emotions of losing a loved one.

One of the best performances in the film comes from John Carradine, playing Power's seafaring buddy who stays on the island paradise while Power returns to England to reclaim his family name and estate.

Her seventh graders at the Mare Island Technology Academy, in Vallejo, California, choose a seafaring species — such as the harbor seal, black - footed albatross, or leatherback turtle — and draw a picture of it, using pencil or ink.

Each one will have you learning the ropes of battle before setting off across the world map to engage in quests, meet and unlock new characters, and even encounter a few not - so - random battles with other seafaring adventurers.