When adventures go horribly wrong
Riveting story of a diver who survived in an air pocket for two days after being trapped in an underwater cave.
↩︎ BBC, posted July 18, 2017
The deadliest American maritime disaster in decades
In case you wanted to know what a helicopter rescue at sea is like, this frightening long-read is a fascinating, minute-by-minute account. “In the soggy aftermath of their rescue, after the hugs, some of the Jayhawk crew lingered in the hangar to hear Captain Gelera describe the waves that took over his ship. The failing engines. The slipping cargo. The feeling of dread.”
↩︎ posted Oct. 28, 2016
People have this fascination with uncovering a loophole for the perfect crime. There are a lot of different approaches to it. But in terms of geography, there’s just this one spot.
The “Zone of Death” refers to a 50-square-mile corner of Yellowstone National Park where a legal loophole allows for murder.
↩︎ Vice, posted Oct. 28, 2016
San Diego man wakes up in a French hospital with no idea of how he got there: by flying his wingsuit into a tree.
↩︎ posted Oct. 28, 2016
Search called off for Guo Chuan
The search has been called off for Guo Chuan, the accomplished Chinese sailor who’d hoped to sail from San Francisco to Shanghai in record time. His ship was found by the Coast Guard unmanned about halfway to his destination.
↩︎ posted Oct. 28, 2016
“In 1603 Johann Bayer, a celestial cartographer, and artist Alexander Mair published the first edition of Uranometria—an atlas comprised of 51 copperplates engraved with celestial constellations.” Wonderful selections from the book. Also worth noting: Atlas Obscura just put all of their 10,000 interesting places on a single map.
↩︎ posted Oct. 28, 2016
When news broke of the vessel’s disappearance, people wanted to know how a modern American ship as big as Boston’s Hancock Building could sink without a single survivor.
On October 1, 2015, the container ship El Faro sailed directly into the path of Hurricane Joaquin. When it sank it took the lives of all 33 aboard.
↩︎ Yankee Magazine, posted Oct. 28, 2016