The New York Times – Travel:
Astoria, Ore., the setting of the classic 1985 teen movie, invites fans to follow their inner adventurer and explore a scenic corner of the Northwest.
Category: Shipwrecks (Historic)
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Museums Recall the Lost Ship Edmund Fitzgerald, in Displays and Song
The New York Times – Music:
It has been a half-century since the ship sank on Lake Superior, and a pop single memorialized its fate. Now museums are commemorating those events.
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In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald
The New York Times – Music:
The mighty ship, immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot, sank 50 years ago on Lake Superior. Our reporter spent a week on a Great Lakes freighter that survived the storm.
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The Blue Waters of San Andres, an Island Belonging to Colombia, Are Stunning
The New York Times – Travel:
The island, close to Nicaragua but part of Colombia, boasts waters in seven shades of the color. Counting them — from a boat, from a cay, from the shade of a coconut tree — is a meditative experience.
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Titanic Tourist Submarine Disappears
The New York Times – Travel:
A search-and-rescue mission was underway after the craft went missing in the North Atlantic, the Coast Guard said. It was unclear how many people were onboard.
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In Search of Iceberg Alley’s Spectacular Show
The New York Times – Travel:
Each spring, opalescent icebergs from the Greenland ice sheet pass through Iceberg Alley, off the eastern edge of Canada, on a slow-motion journey southward.
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This Dress Survived for More Than Three Centuries at the Bottom of the Sea
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Divers found an almost perfectly preserved dress in the remains of a ship that sank off the Netherlands in the 1600s. Researchers are trying to figure out who owned the garment.
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Pants Recovered From Shipwreck Sell for $114,000 at Auction
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The pants and other artifacts auctioned were salvaged from the S.S. Central America, a ship that sank in 1857.
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‘Descendant’ Review: The Fates of a Ship and its Captives
The New York Times – Film:
This documentary recounts the salvaging of the Clotilda, the last known ship to bring enslaved Africans to America, and tracks down their progeny.