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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."
Oct 28, 2016People 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.
↩︎ Vice
San Diego man wakes up in a French hospital with no idea of how he got there: by flying his wingsuit into a tree.
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.
"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.
Oct 28, 2016When 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.
↩︎ Yankee Magazine
