‘francis led franklin’s doomed expedition’

On a quiet street in Walton, Liverpool, nestled among rows of terraced houses, a child was born who would one day witness one of the most infamous moments in maritime history. The date was 15 October

MAKING AND BREAKING THE SHIP OF DREAMS

Our speed over ground aboard Polaris reads 16kts. It’s midnight and the black, star-studded sky jigs around overhead. I’m tethered to the helm, watching our instruments like a hawk as I bear away to t

Greg Manning sails his Fairey Atalanta from Arisaig in the West Highlands to the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides

The British merchant service was renamed the Merchant Navy after World War 1 to mark the vital role its sailors played in wartime. That role continued in World War 2 as merchant ships carried troops a

↑ During the Darwin200 Global Voyage, Dutch tall ship the Oosterschelde sailed to Chile’s Brüggen Glacier, a vast river of ice in the Patagonian wilderness and one of South America’s largest glaciers.