The sea has long been a place to have fun. Today, more people than ever before enjoy swimming, sailing, fishing, skin diving, surfing, water-skiing, and other water sports. > Children play on the...
Exploring the depths
A slender, baldheaded man with a bushy moustache sat inside a hollow, metal ball. He peered excitedly through a round window. The man was Professor William Beebe. Next to him was Otis Barton, the man...
The challenge of the sea
> The sea is a place of danger. For this very reason, it is also a > challenge. People are willing to defy its dangers, to risk their > lives, so as to conquer it in some way. And many of them have...
Food from the sea
These fish were caught in the sea near Ghana. People living near the sea eat a lot of fish. Today, more than ever, the sea is an important source of food. Fish has always been an important food,...
Queens of the sea
Today's queens of the sea are giant merchant ships that carry trade goods all over the world. Compared to these giants, the ships of the ancient Phoenician traders would look like tiny rowboats! The...
Beneath the pole
> Above the endless sheet of white ice, a cold wind howled. Somewhere in > all that frozen whiteness was the spot that was the farthest north of any place on earth---the North Pole. Beneath the ice...
The battle of Midway
On a June day in 1942, Japanese warships steamed toward the tiny island of Midway in the Pacific Ocean. Japan and the United States were at war. Midway was an important American base. Whoever...
The “unsinkable” ship
On a bright, clear, and cold night in April, 1912, a sleek, giant ship plowed through the waters of the North Atlantic. The ship was moving at a speed of about twenty-two knots (25 miles or 41...
The last great days of sail
The clipper ship David Crockett was built at Mystic, Connecticut, in 1853. She was one of many famous clippers, the fastest sailing ships ever built. The David Crockett rounded Cape Horn forty-eight...
The whalers
\"Thar she blows!" That was the cry that sent the men of an old-time whaling ship into action---the cry that meant a whale had been sighted. Quickly, boats were lowered onto the sea. Each boat had a...
