One day the Captain said to Jim: "I want you to keep a sharp look-out for a seafaring man with one leg."
Born in 1872 into a well-to-do ship-owning, seafaring family, he sailed at the age of 25 as second officer on the Belgica, as part of a scientific expedition to the Antarctic.
Historically, the Bajau people have lived a nomadic seafaring life in this tropical monsoon climate.
You cannot understand my seafaring thoughts, nor would I have you understand. I would be at sea alone.
A team of scientists from four countries have set out on a seafaring expedition to discover what color the Atlantic Ocean is.
Some believe that dugongs were the inspiration for ancient seafaring tales of mermaids and sirens.
Diseases of the heart and arteries end many seafaring careers early - and are the number one killer of seafarers while at sea.
I found he was an old sailor, kept a public - house, knew all the seafaring men in Bristol, had lost his health ashore, and wanted a good berth as cook to get to sea again. He had hobbled down there that morning, he said to get a smell of the salt.
Our southbound ship was sailing right between the sun and the moon — after nine days' seafaring, I finally recognized the directions.
Reason: Easter Island's silent stone figures are a monument to the seafaring skills and unique culture of ancient Polynesian peoples.
The correspondent strategies and suggestions were proposed in accordance with the seafaring profession and style of living.
When seafaring Polynesians first arrived on the main islands around 1250, they quickly took advantage of the islands' natural Marine bounty - and it showed, Kittinger said.
"People who live near mountains depend upon the mountains for their livelihood, and those who live near the sea depend upon the sea for theirs. If seafaring folk did not live at the seashore, where else would they live?"
One of these seafaring men - the shipmaster, indeed, who had spoken to Hester Prynne - was so smitten with Pearl's aspect, that he attempted to lay hands upon her, with purpose to snatch a kiss.
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