Sentences with phrase «sea on his raft»

In other cultures, bodies are sent down a river in a canoe, or floated out to sea on a raft, or raised up to the sky in the trees.

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The raft must drift purposelessly on a shoreless sea.

William Hazlitt once wrote about a reported shipwreck in which a woman swimming for her life to a raft in the stormy sea saw that one of the half - drowned men on it was naked.

To that end, new evidence supports a theory that some experts once considered unlikely: namely, that the forerunners of Madagascar's modern mammals reached the island millions of years ago by drifting from the African mainland across the Mozambique Channel on giant rafts of vegetation ripped from the shore and launched out to sea by violent storms.

«The success rate of conveyance across the Mozambique Channel was likely extremely low, with many rafts not making it across and, consequently, the animals on them perishing at sea,» observes David W. Krause of Stony Brook University, who wrote a commentary accompanying the report.

The researchers suggest that M. rainbowi could have dispersed the 10,000 kilometers from Africa to Australia by rafting on, for example, a large chunk of vegetation or debris that washed out to sea.

By floating on rafts across the sea.

We have information on the drift characteristics of many different items, from people to 55 - gallon oil drums to various kinds of vessels, such as life rafts, sea kayaks, sailboats, skiffs and refugee rafts.

Assigned to a rickety plane to conduct a search - and - rescue mission, he survived a crash in the south Pacific and spent the next 46 days in a life raft with two others, living on rain water, captured sea birds and raw fish.

That was this past year — 70 - odd years after he had participated in the Olympics, fought in World War II, survived being stranded on a raft at sea for 47 days, been tortured as a PoW for nearly two years in Japanese camps, and battled severe post-traumatic stress disorder to find God.

Have fun on the surface of the sea with fishing tours, ocean rafting, jet skiing, or surfing lessons.

Set off on a 12 - day multi-sport adventure, paddling along the pristine northern coast in a sea kayak, hiking coastal trails between soaring mountains and the Tasman Sea, trekking across a glacier that descends through a rain forest, and black - water rafting on a subterranean rivsea kayak, hiking coastal trails between soaring mountains and the Tasman Sea, trekking across a glacier that descends through a rain forest, and black - water rafting on a subterranean rivSea, trekking across a glacier that descends through a rain forest, and black - water rafting on a subterranean river.

Set off on a multi-sport adventure, paddling along the pristine northern coast in a sea kayak, hiking coastal trails between soaring mountains and the Tasman Sea, trekking across a glacial landscapes, and white - water rafting through Buller Gorsea kayak, hiking coastal trails between soaring mountains and the Tasman Sea, trekking across a glacial landscapes, and white - water rafting through Buller GorSea, trekking across a glacial landscapes, and white - water rafting through Buller Gorge.

For each passenger, there is an International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, or SOLAS, approved life jacket, and there are 3 large inflatable life rafts on each vessel.

Humpback whales lunge - feeding on schools of herring, sea otters (sometimes in rafts 50 or 60 thick) and black bears foraging on the beach were just some of our daily highlights.

Skunks might have colonized by rafting on floating debris washed out to sea (Johnson 1983; Wenner and Johnson 1980).

The first day we went on a sea rafting trip, speeding across the fjords from Ålesund to Øye.

Scuba diving, skydiving, white water rafting and sea kayaks are on offer.

Bali Telaga Waja White Water Rafting sets up at part of the created nature's beauty starts at the slope of Mt. Abang runs through idyllic villages and jungle slopes along the area of Kecamatan Rendang onward to the area of Kabupaten Klungkung ends on the sea.

And Fridays are our favourites, when the entire surf camp heads out to an authentic Sri Lankan experience at one of the national safari parks, a snorkelling adventure with sea turtles, whale watching, wild water rafting and other fun day trips and nights out on the town!

So many things to do: White Water Rafting, Skydiving, Snorkelling & Scuba diving, Sailing, Canoeing, Windsurfing, Sea Kayaking, or just absorbing the sun on the uncrowded sands.

Kayak through sea caves, float on a raft, snorkel in the bay or run down the deserted white sand beach while the ever helpful crew prepares a feast of fruit, chips, dips, ceviche and salad.

Activities in Manuel Antonio include exploring the National Park on foot, surfing, horseback riding, sailing, scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing, canopy tour, river rafting, boat tours, canyoning, wave running and sea kayaking.

Located on Playa Flamingo, designated a Blue Flag beach for ecological purity and tourism safety: 120 beautifully decorated guest rooms & suites, 2 outdoors swimming pools (with waterfalls), Serenity Spa, covered childrens pool with water features and adjacent play area, swim - p pool and snack bar, tennis court (lit for night play), breakfast and All Inclusive plan available, new restaurant and weekly theme buffets, new rooftop sunset lounge with spectacular ocean view, casino and piano bar, fitness center, beauty salon with select spa services available, sundry shop, two souvenir shops, tour desk featuring optional (volcano, rain forest, white water rafting, deep - sea fishing, and other tours), on site scuba and snorkeling Shop, table games area (Billiards & Air Hockey.

This week she blogs about sea kayaking in British Columbia; next week, rafting on Idaho's Salmon River.

MASS offers a number of additional activities such as professional massage and yoga on the beach as well as organizing adventure tours to nearby attractions such as horseback riding, white water rafting, canoeing, bird watching, and deep sea fishing so that every camper can make the most of their Costa Rica vacation.

There are various choice of Bali tours available on this directory from Bali sightseeing, whitewater rafting, sea cruises, jungle trekking, scuba diving and mountain cycling.

Bali tours and travel booking provides comprehensive information on tourism, sightseeing, spa, sea cruises, and whitewater rafting.

There are excellent deep sea fishing excursions, white water rafting trips on the Tenorio River and trips to the Barra Honda Cave.

He got a warrior's funeral and was sent out to sea on a burning raft of thatch and tears.

The huge scale evokes the sublimity of the ocean; the subject of many paintings such as Théodore Géricault's Raft of Medusa, where human life is shown abandoned to its fate on a sea that is both terrifying, as well as a thing of great beauty.

Vicuña utilizes found objects culled from walks along the deltas, beaches, waterways, and streets of the Louisiana coast in her large - scale installations that stretch across the floor of the gallery, such as Balsa Snake Raft to Escape the Flood (2017), and small - scale visual configurations, such as Precarios (2017), made up of 117 found - object sculptures that spread discursively across the walls of the gallery and operate as thoughtful meditations on the uncanny beauty of this natural and artificial sea - detritus.

My earliest research was on orbital - scale changes in North Atlantic sediments to reconstruct past sea - surface temperatures and to quantify the deposition of ice - rafted debris.

Artists have created four new saunas in the city, including the Sauna Obscura, which floats on a raft on the sea, the Solaris, which is transparent, and the Sounding Dome, which looks like a huge yellow garlic.