Sentences with phrase «ocean voyage from»

For many of our early immigrants the coastline near the lighthouse would have been their very first land sighting after a very long, ocean voyage from Europe.

The long ocean voyage from Europe to India took her around the southern tip of Africa.

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«Dead Wake» looks at the ocean liner's 101st — and final — voyage from New York to Liverpool, told from the perspective of the hunter and the hunted.

So, on Aug. 28, 2012, we launched from the northernmost continually inhabited town in the world — Inuvik, Canada — in a bid to become the first team ever to complete an unsupported, non-stop, record - setting voyage across the Arctic Ocean.

She's already been on an ocean voyage to recover F - 1 rocket engines, a trip where the crew made accommodations for her, as Bezos recounted from the stage.

At 4 months old, the pups are weaned and begin a voyage from the Pribilof Islands of Alaska through the Bering Sea and North Pacific Ocean that can last for 20 months before they return to the islands.

Far from Shore: Chronicles of an Open Ocean Voyage by Sophie Webb (Houghton Mifflin, 2011); ages 9 to 12 This book chronicles the author's four - month - long Pacific research vVoyage by Sophie Webb (Houghton Mifflin, 2011); ages 9 to 12 This book chronicles the author's four - month - long Pacific research voyagevoyage.

To Erlandson, these miniature trees look like a trail left by mariners who voyaged along the stormy northern coasts of the Pacific Ocean from Japan to the Americas during the last Ice Age.

Ship by ship, voyage by voyage, ocean scientists will taste the pleasure that in January 2007 welcomed Julian Gutt of the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, Germany, as he sat on the Polarstern watching video images of the seafloor transmitted by a robot dangling from the ship: the joy of seeing what no one has seen before.

Kipp led efforts to measure radium at 69 locations from the western edge of the Arctic Ocean to the Pole on a two - month voyage aboard the icebreaker Healy in the summer of 2015.

The team — from Southampton, the University of Cape Town and the Norwegian Institute for Air Research — conducted three research voyages in 2010 investigating ocean productivity in the area affected by ash from Eyjafjallajökull.

Editor's note: On January 20, 2013, an expedition called the Shackleton Epic will begin an attempt to be the first team to authentically re-create Sir Ernest Shackleton's voyage of survival crossing 800 nautical miles of the treacherous southern ocean, from Elephant Island to South Georgia, and the climb over it.

That voyage took them from Africa all the way across the Indian Ocean to Australia.

Welcoming Boaty McBoatface back from its first mission, Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson, said: «Fresh from its maiden voyage, Boaty is already delivering new insight into some of the coldest ocean waters on earth, giving scientists a greater understanding of changes in the Antarctic region and shaping a global effort to tackle climate change.

[57] The advancement of ocean voyages during the Renaissance resulted in prolonged periods without access to fresh fruits and vegetables, and made illnesses from vitamin deficiency common among ships» crews.

Whereas viewers of the day may have wondered how Daniels could have fallen for the womanizing Lawton (Sidney Blackmer, who, looks-wise, was definitely a comedown from Scott), modern audiences tend to hope she'll dump her stuffy boyfriend, whom she's left back home while she goes on an ocean voyage.

On his famous voyage on the HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin traveled around the world, from the Cocos - Keeling Islands of the Indian Ocean to Australia, Patagonia, Brazil and Chile, collecting fossil bones, fish preserved in spirits of wine, rocks, plants, carcasses of dead animals, and beetles.

He may have been imported from England and not registered here, but based on the evidence we have, it seems that Mildmay Park Beauty was already in whelp when she endured the ocean voyage to her new home, which could take anywhere from around six to ten days, depending on conditions at sea, followed by the train ride to Pittsburgh.

For example, three of the ocean voyages take place on the Crystal Symphony, and one takes place on the Crystal Serenity, with options that include cruises from Barcelona to Lisbon; Marseille, France, to Barcelona; and Antwerp, Belgium, to Honfleur, France.

At 8,701 feet, the volcano can be seen from the Pacific Ocean, as it was by Charles Darwin in 1835 during the second voyage of the Beagle.

Our voyage starts with a 95 - minute prop flight from the island of Bali over a sprinkling of velvety green islands, ringed by different shades of turquoise ocean.

Voyages range in duration from 8 to 21 days in length, including combination Viking River and Ocean Cruises.

In addition, Sands Ocean Club is just minutes from the shops and restaurants of Barefoot Landing, and such popular live entertainment attractions like The Alabama Theatre, The Carolina Opry, Dolly Parton's Pirates Voyage and more.

After World Dream's official handover ceremony from Meyer Werft to Dream Cruises, the ship will begin her epic ocean voyage.

A great choice for those with limited time or who are prone to sea sickness; fly from Chile to the South Shetland Islands and board the Ocean Nova for your voyage.

A new seven - day Norwegian Fjords Interlude adds to a lineup that includes sailings from Southampton aboard Crown Princess, Grand Princess and Ocean Princess; plus the opportunity to travel on top - of - the - world voyages aboard Ocean Princess to explore the beauty of Iceland and Greenland, or sail on a week - long Ireland & Scotland Interlude.

Developed from the ground up to return the focus of cruising to the destination, Viking Ocean Cruises will begin sailing in May 2015 with its first vessel — Viking Star — embarking on maiden voyages in Scandinavia and the Baltic; and the Western and Eastern Mediterranean.

This 15 - day cruise from San Juan to Barcelona crosses oceans and bridges cultures on an enriching trans - Atlantic voyage, pausing to explore the lush Madeira island en route.

Aside from the private villa or resort pools, Nusa Lembongan is all about the ocean so swim, snorkel, kayak, dive, SUP, banana boat... When you've dried off, sip a cocktail at The Deck bar, stay upstairs at the island's most prestigious resort Batu Karang (these ex-Noosa folks know a thing or two about good living), Dream Beach Huts or Villa Voyage for a total splurge (Farah Khan's holiday home, need we say more?).

John Akomfrah In his acclaimed video installation Vertigo Sea, Akomfrah surveys the often brutal human history of the oceans, from whaling and the slave trade to today's dangerous migrant voyages.

She sailed from the Galapagos Islands to San Diego as a Science Communication Fellow for the Ocean Exploration Trust in 2015, and embarked on two voyages with the Schmidt Institute in 2016.

Projected nearly ten meters wide onto the entire back wall is Transatlantic (2018), a 15 - minute Mini DV video, that collects footage from the artist's voyage across this ocean.

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Most recently she returned from an adventure in Antarctica, a 5 - month long voyage aboard the ocean - going sailing ship SEDNA IV after shooting a three - part Canada - France co-production about the impact of climate changeon the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and Antarctica.

I know that tornadoes dot the German Rhine where no tornadoes were seen before, I know hurricanes on the Eastern seaboard are behaving differently, I know that Crete was so dry when I saw it that I couldn't imagine olive trees growing there without irrigation, I know that our highways are a half kilometer wide and countless kilometers long, with thousands upon thousands of idling cars sitting on them, ten times a week for as long as I've been alive, and I know that sea captains don't want to traverse the Indian ocean because the almanacs are no longer reasonable guides to chart how long a given voyage from one port to the next might take.

A recent review of the history of sea - ice observations included examination of the journals and charts from Captain James Cook's third voyage as he sailed north through Bering Strait into the Arctic Ocean in search of the Northwest Passage.

«(AP) The last major remnant of Saddam Hussein's nuclear program — a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete a secret U.S. operation that included a two - week airlift from Baghdad and a ship voyage crossing two oceans.

All crew will have the opportunity to participate in every aspect of the voyage, from ship navigation and handling to daily research efforts to document plastic pollution floating on the ocean's surface.»

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