Tag Archives: transportation

I have just returned from a lovely cruise down the Pacific coast line aboard the Norwegian Pearl. (which explains the absence of posts last week) The cruise was great, and for the most part smooth sailing, but one night in particular I felt like a slow-motion bronco-rider as the room wobbled back and forth. It [...]

I had always assumed that the ice-breaker ships, used for navigating in the extreme north or south oceans that get covered in thick ice, would would try to split the ice like an axe to a log. But you know what happens when you assume… you make a guess based on limited knowledge. (is that [...]