The Perils of the Sea: Thoughts on Deep Water
Isolation heightens our self awareness. Is it what we lack or what we bring with us that frightens us most? Can you imagine sailing completely around the world alone without ever once …
Quote for Today: Unica Zürn
The woman looks around and thinks: ‘there cannot ever have been a spring more beautiful than this. I did not know until now that clouds could be like this. I …
Quote for Today: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
There are no boundaries in the real Planet Earth. No United States, no Russia, no China, no Taiwan. Rivers flow unimpeded across the swaths of continents. The persistent tides, the …
Quote for Today: Henry de Vere Stacpoole
A great sea fog is not homogenous–its density varies: it is honeycombed with streets, it has its caves of clear air, its cliffs of solid vapour, all shifting and changing …
Quote for Today: Sara Teasdale
I thought of you and how you love this beauty, And walking up the long beach all alone I heard the waves breaking in measured thunder As you and I …
Salt of the Sea: Ray: A Life Underwater
Meet Ray Ives, who has been diving into the sea since 1965. For many years he was a professional diver working for salvage and oil companies. Now he devotes his …