Speed and distance on the water are very different than on land. Miles and miles per hour do not exist at sea. When you travel on a vessel across the
After the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912, several acts and laws were passed to avoid future maritime tragedies. With the passing of these new policies, ships now required better
On Oct. 12, 1956, Mary Tornich Janislawski completed the Optimum Navigation Course set forth by Headquarters, 1502nd Air Transport Wing Heavy (Mats) of the Department of the Air Force. Janislawski was
For centuries, the Flying Dutchman has sailed in and out of television, movies, books, and legends. The details change, but the story itself remains the same. A doomed man is
On Sept. 2, 2013, marathon swimmer Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Havana, Cuba, to Key West, Florida, without a shark cage. Nyad was 64 when she
Kenichi Horie, a 23-year-old man from Japan, was the first person to make a non-stop solo crossing of the Pacific, leaving Japan on May 12, 1962, and arriving in San
LONG BEACH— The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach has shown a progression in science with its research on the artificial insemination of sharks. The Aquarium of the Pacific’s
Los Angeles welcomed the Olympic Games on July 28, 1984. This would be the 20th iteration of the games in modern history and a significant one as the Olympics of
