Sentences with phrase «ocean in a raft»

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By the age of 10, Collins, dreaming of an ocean crossing, had built and sailed half a dozen rafts on the Goodwives River, a stone's throw from his backdoor in Noroton.

Things weren't necessarily going the way that I thought they should go... and we certainly weren't in a place much above scraping the bottom... but somehow, in that moment, I found a little bit of hope and, like a life raft in the middle of a stormy ocean, I clung to that little piece of hope because it was all it seemed like I had to hold onto.

Imagine you find yourself on a raft in the middle of an ocean on an alien planet.

The Gates - backed plan proposes using a fleet of wave - powered rafts to spread a slick of colder ocean water pumped up from the depths in the path of an onrushing storm.

Scientists have observed brittle stars, anemones, and crustaceans riding rafts of seaweed in the open ocean, but few have witnessed them making landfall.

More than one hundred and fifty years ago, Charles Darwin hypothesized that species could cross oceans and other vast distances on vegetation rafts, icebergs, or in the case of plant seeds, in the plumage of birds.

Monkeys may have arrived in North America from South America 21 million years ago, by building rafts and setting out across the ocean.

For many, Internet and dating sites become a life - saving raft in the stormy ocean of life.

His next flight crash - lands in the ocean, and he and two fellow survivors (including Domhnall Gleeson's stoic Captain «Phil» Phillips) drift on inflatable rafts and fend off sharks for a monumental 47 days.

In one of the most harrowing true stories of World War II, three US Navy airmen crash land their torpedo bomber in the South Pacific and find themselves on a tiny life raft, surrounded by open oceaIn one of the most harrowing true stories of World War II, three US Navy airmen crash land their torpedo bomber in the South Pacific and find themselves on a tiny life raft, surrounded by open oceain the South Pacific and find themselves on a tiny life raft, surrounded by open ocean.

He sets off on an expedition on a raft in 1947 with 6 crew and drifts across the ocean for 100 days.

O'Connell stars as «the young Zamperini from the time he was a wunderkind member of the USA track team that competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics to his survival of a harrowing plane crash in the Pacific Ocean during WWII through 47 days adrift in a life raft to becoming a POW in a Japanese prison camp.»

His rigorous conditioning and perseverance as a track star, as well as his childhood of being bullied and ridiculed by his peers for being Italian, gave him the fortitude to go the distance during his days in World War II as an Air Force bombardier whose plane is shot down, forcing him and fellow soldiers to have to survive in a life raft in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for weeks.

After Captain America sprung them from the Raft — the supermax, superhero ocean gulag in Civil War — Clint Barton and Scott Lang went home to be with their families.

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Right you can use a log floating in the ocean as a possible life saver, but a boat or raft, or a lift jack are better choices, right?

Rent kayaks, swim in calm waters, and take a ride on a raft, all within a protective alcove that makes the ocean look like a lake.

One such pup, a current patient, shares a name with Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, who is most notable for his Kon - Tiki expedition across the Pacific Ocean in a hand - built raft.

She became an addict of surfing, and after a couple of years working in the Austrian Alps as snowboard instructors and rafting guides, they still wanted to fullfill their dreams of living close to the ocean.

Imagine your excursion takes you through the tallest trees in the world, exploring tide pools and miles of sandy beaches and towering cliffs... or an adventure filled with ocean kayaking, mountain biking, hiking, river rafting and horseback riding.

The Ocean Rafting 3 islands day cruise does not have a fixed daily itinerary and will vary from cruise to cruise in an effort to maximize passenger's enjoyment.

Ocean Rafting was the first tour company in the Whitsundays to hold ecological accreditation from the Ecotourism Association of Australia and they consistently strive to be environmentally friendly.

Ocean Rafting semi rigid crafts are super fast doing up to 30 knots and allowing you to experience a fun fast ride, adventure, education and participation in amongst the natural beauty of the tropical Whitsunday Islands.

Whether you're in Costa Rica to enjoy warm weather with friends, try activities as a family or have an adventurous honeymoon, Villa 8 puts you at the heart of the country's signature rainforest - meets - ocean landscape - the perfect place to experience everything from ziplining and whitewater rafting to hiking and snorkeling.

RIDE THE SWELLS IN AN OCEAN RAFT during the day, then journey down THE PATH OF THE ANCIENTS for an afternoon kayak down the river with misty jungle plants as your backdrop.

Coffee culture is thriving in Bali, with cafés of every shape and size around Kubu such as The Dusty Cafe and Zula Vegetarian Paradise, plus a whole raft of great beachfront cafés, including Zanzibar, Blue Ocean and Seaside to name but a few.

high end bedding, beautiful hard cover books of the Cayman islands on coffee table, pots, pans, even the wine glasses had jewelry, lots of soaps, towels she had many extra amenities even had blow up rafts to use for swimming in the beautiful pool or ocean that is right outside the window.

Activities to do in the area: Manuel Antonio and Carara National Park hiking, bird watching and crocodile adventure, Damas Island nature tour, Sport fishing, scuba diving, ocean kayaks, stand up paddle, surf lessons, jet ski tours, snorkeling, Catamaran cruise, Outrigger Canoe and Snorkeling Tour, rainforest tours, Canopy tour, white - water rafting, sunset sailing and horseback riding, Canyoning & Rappelling, Rainforest aerial tram, ATV tour, buggy jungle adventure, whale watching tour, golfing,, scuba diving, ocean kayaks, jet skis, waterfall rappelling, boat charters to various destinations available, tour to Tortuga Island, wildlife watching, bike rental, Sunset sailing among others.

Favorite Adventure Trip A 2 - week rafting trip through the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) from the North Slope of the Brooks Range to the Arctic Ocean in Northeast Alaska.

Ocean Rafting trips are conducted in a super fast semi-rigid inflatable vessel that will provide you with an exhilarating and fun ride through the Whitsundays.

For those who don't have much time in the region, hop aboard for a day tour with the Derwent Hunter Tall Ship, Whitehaven Express or Ocean Rafting (be sure to book their Northern Exposure Tour which has the most snorkelling time).

Each Ocean Rafting day offers three days in one, includ...

Activities to do in the area: golfing, sport fishing, scuba diving, ocean kayaks, surfing, jet skis, body boards, snorkeling, boat charters to various destinations available, tour to Tortuga Island, wildlife watching, bike rental, canopy tours, birdwatching, white water river rafting, waterfalls rappelling, ATV tours, sunset sailing and horseback riding among others.

2011 Bill Viola Collected Works: 1977 - 80, Georgia Art Museum, Athens, Georgia, US Bill Viola: The Fall Into Paradise, Gardibaldi Building, Capodimonte, TR Selected Works 1976 - 81, Amore e Morte, Gucci Museum, Florence, IT The Value of Water, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, New York, US Bill Viola: The Crossing, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, US Bill Viola: Transformations, Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, JP Bill Viola, The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, UK Déserts (1994), Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music Orchestra, Esplanade - The Recital Studio, SG Bill Viola: The Raft, Presented in association with the Melbourne International Arts Festival and Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne, AU Bill Viola, Blackbox, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, KR Ocean Without a Shore, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, US (ongoing) Bill Viola: Sodium Vapore (Including Constellation and Oracle) Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, US Bill Viola: Isolde's Ascension (The Shape of Light in Space After Death), Stella Art Foundation, Moscow, RU Two Women (2008), Art Basel 42, Basel, CH

Horizon-less, except for a ray of sun in the middle, and almost devoid of the ocean, the chaotic scene reminds of the most famous shipwreck in art history, The Raft of Medusa.

Entering «Louise Fishman: A Retrospective,» at the Neuberger Museum in Purchase, NY, feels like balancing on a raft that is inadequate to cross the ocean it is floating on.

Bubble rafts increase the optical reflectivity of the ocean and when bubbles burst, they launch seasalt particles that loft and increase the number concentration of cloud droplets in the marine boundary layer, thus increasing the reflectivity of stratocumulus.

Make no mistake, I do believe our oceans (and in particular our ocean - going food sources) are in terrible shape relative to 50 years ago — but I have a hard time believing that two trips by raft (fascinating as they may be) are going to prove that to anyone.

Here's Randy's latest video, comparing the observations of adventurers voyaging on rafts in the Pacific Ocean 50 years apart:

While it's hard to imagine floating across the Pacific Ocean from California to Hawaii on a raft made of complete junk to raise awareness of all that plastic floating in the middle of the North Pacific Gyre, the truth is that the guys risking life and

It is a future in which the IWC plays a primary role in the health and protection of our oceans, a future in which the body exerts greater leadership in respect to the raft of threats that jeopardize all marine life, whether it be oil spills, radioactive contamination, entanglement in fishing gear and marine debris, ship strikes, chemical and noise pollution, emerging diseases, climate change or all of these cumulatively and synergistically.

Glaciation left an extensive geologic record on the continents in the form of predominantly unconsolidated tills and glacial moraines, which in North America extend in a line as far south as Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, and Long Island, New York, and on the ocean floor in the form of ice - rafted detritus dropped from calving icebergs.

Perhaps you could consider an ocean / boat print, a circle life raft or a big anchor above her bed, she has lots of mirrors in there already.