Topic: NAUTICAL - on January 7, 2010 at 10:16:00 AM CET
007 der Meere
Er gehörte zu den Greenpeace-Mitgliedern der ersten Stunde - und fand die Organisation schon bald nicht mehr radikal genug: Der Kanadier Paul Watson kämpft militant für den Schutz der Wale. Nun gab es einen dramatischen Zwischenfall in der Antarktis, sein Hightech-Boot "Ady Gil" wurde gerammt.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on January 7, 2010 at 10:13:00 AM CET
Sea Shepherd’s high-tech speedboat heavily damaged after collision with Japanese whaling ship
A high-tech trimaran used by anti-whaling activists to try to halt Japanese hunters in the Antarctic has been sliced in two and is in danger of sinking, say crew-members.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society said its powerboat Ady Gil was rammed by a Japanese security vessel.
According to reports, the Shonan Maru 2 also launched projectiles.
Sea Shepherd’s Australian director Jeff Hansen said: “The Shonan Maru 2 had it in its direct line of sight, coming straight for it.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on July 27, 2009 at 12:05:00 PM CEST
An Economic Analysis of the Somali Pirate Business Model
The rough fishermen of the so-called Somali coast guard are unrepentant criminals, yes, but they're more than that. They're innovators. Where earlier sea bandits were satisfied to make off with a dinghy full of booty, pirates who prowl northeast Africa's Gulf of Aden hold captured ships for ransom. This strategy has been fabulously successful: The typical payoff today is 100 times what it was in 2005, and the number of attacks has skyrocketed.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on May 2, 2007 at 2:14:00 PM CEST
Soundwaves
The Sea Organ is located on the shores of Zadar, Croatia, and is the world’s first pipe organ that is played by the sea. Simple and elegant steps, carved in white stone, were built on the quayside. Underneath, there are 35 pipes with whistle openings on the sidewalk. The movement of the sea pushes air through, and – depending on the size and velocity of the wave – musical chords are played. The waves create random harmonic sounds.
wikipedia.org oddmusic.com Video results for 'sea organ zadar' seaorgans.com
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on February 14, 2007 at 10:26:00 AM CET
Russian fishermen catch squeaking alien and eat it
Village residents from the Rostov region of Russia caught a weird creature two weeks ago after a strong storm in the Sea of Azov. The shark-looking creature was producing strange squeaky sounds. The fishermen originally believed that they had caught an alien and decided to film the monster with the help of a cell phone camera. The footage clearly shows the creatures’ head, body and long tail. The bizarre catch was weighing almost 100 kilograms, the Komsomolskaya Pravda reports.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on February 14, 2007 at 10:24:00 AM CET
Giant squid lights up for attack
Enormous deep-sea squid emit blinding flashes of light as they attack their prey, research shows.
Taningia danae's spectacular light show was revealed in video footage taken in deep waters off Chichijima Island in the North Pacific.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on February 13, 2007 at 12:14:00 PM CET
Anti-whalers boycott Japan push
A special meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) called by Japan has been boycotted by nearly half of the membership.
Just 34 of the commission's 72 nations have turned up for the meeting, which Japan hoped would ease the stand-off between pro- and anti-whaling members.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on February 13, 2007 at 12:43:00 AM CET
Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium In Japan
The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is the world's second largest aquarium and part of the Ocean Expo Park located in Okinawa, Japan. The main tank holds 7,500-cubic meters of water and features the world's largest acrylic glass panel, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. Whale sharks and manta rays are kept amongst many other fish and plant species in the main tank.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on February 8, 2007 at 4:40:00 PM CET
Sea Giants
With quite incredible pictures
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on February 2, 2007 at 12:57:00 PM CET
Dude... you just dropped a $3.5 million yacht
A Sunseeker Predator 72' was being loaded in England for delivery to the US. Very sad sight. Dropped from 100'.
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on January 21, 2007 at 1:51:00 PM CET
SPIDER SHIP ON THE BAY
It is named the Proteus, after a Greek god of the sea, and is the first of what might be a long line of wave adaptive modular vessels -- WAM-V for short -- developed by Ugo Conti, an engineer and inventor. Conti calls it "the prototype of a new class of vessel."
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Topic: NAUTICAL - on September 25, 2004 at 12:54:00 PM CEST
Build your own Hovercraft
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