There are an estimated 3 million undiscovered shipwrecks lining the sea floor. In June 2025, divers discovered a 2,000-year-old wreck in Turkey.

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What drives a wealthy Danish-Norwegian general to delve into ship's logs and become almost obsessed with understanding ocean ...

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The cruise industry has spent decades convincing travelers that the only way to see the world’s coastlines properly is from ...

The first person in the West who can be described as a professional tattoo artist was Martin Hildebrandt, a German émigré who ...

Reavers were once a symbol of the darkness that lurked within and beyond human understanding. And their ships? Nightmares to behold.

Marine archaeologists are about to announce that they have solved one of the greatest maritime mysteries of all time. They believe that they have finally discovered the wreck of HMS Endeavour, the ...

The HMS Endeavour is the famous ship that Captain James Cook used on the first expedition to Australia in 1768 AD. The wreck of the ship that enabled this voyage is now believed to have been found off ...

On October 7th, the Conde Nast Traveler 2025 Readers' Choice Awards were announced. Bali took first place, and Lombok took second.

Three liquefied natural gas vessels are waiting outside Egypt’s import terminals as scheduling issues and a faster-than-expected seasonal demand decline in the North African nation reduces need for ...

John White, 39, the second cook on the steamer Octorara, was shot in the knee when a gun owned by a 15-year-old pantry boy accidentally went off while the ship was leaving port in Duluth. White, who ...