The late Paul Allen's research vessel, the Petrel, has found another historic warship at the bottom of the ocean. In the wake of an initial discovery in late January, the expedition crew has confirmed that it found the USS Hornet, an aircraft carrie...
Namibia’s Skeleton Coast has earned its name for being exactly that. The sands on the northwestern coastline of the country are littered with skeletons of both wildlife, as well as wrecked ships, giving the area a hauntingly beautiful vibe.
Amidst these wrecks, lies an establishment known as the Shipwreck Lodge, owned and run by the Natural Selection adventure company. Designed by Nina Maritz and Melanie Van Der Merwe, these lodges rather wonderfully complement the shipwrecks around them, taking inspiration from the dilapidated shipwrecks that surround them. The lopsided houses look like damaged hulls of ships from the outside, but present a quaint interior that gives you the feeling of being within a ship too, with its decor style. The houses are all powered by solar energy, with an impressive lounge and restaurant that’s just walking distance from the whimsical lodging area. The sand dunes outside look almost like waves too, giving you the feeling of sailing on land, with a view of the sprawling Atlantic Ocean not very far from the lodges themselves!
Designers: Nina Maritz & Melanie Van Der Merwe for Natural Selection
A little over 76 years ago, the British merchant steam ship SS Thistlegorm was sunk by a WW II German bomber off the coast of Egypt, taking nine souls down with it. It has only been seen in detail by divers, but a new website from the University of N...
It looks like Harvard's octopus robot is going to have some stiff competition. Chinese researchers have crafted a soft manta ray-inspired bot that could surveil the seas without harming nature in the process. Rather than rely on stiff metal or plas...
Scientists have discovered a new species of worm-snail in the waters off Florida’s southern coast. And it’s not an ordinary one. The new species is brightly colored, lives on shipwrecks and...
Archeologists working on an ancient Greek shipwreck have just discovered a well-preserved human skeleton on the ship. Though, the shipwreck has yield numerous artifacts as well as sophisticated...
In 1803, a Canadian vessel sank to the depths of Great Lakes and was never seen again. Now, more than 200 years later, the fully intact ship has been discovered in Lake Ontario, making it the second-...
Get it? Anti-tanic? Because it would help prevent the Titanic incident from happening?
The Instant Relief (isn’t a vaporub) is a pretty ingenious lifeboat idea that allows multiple people to stay safe as well as together in the event of a shipwreck. With its criss-cross waffle-shaped design, it mimics multiple safety tubes, allowing a large number of escapees to save themselves from drowning. Genius!
Instant Relief is a winning entry for the Lite-On Awards 2015. Entries for this year’s LiteOn awards are open till the 16th of June, 2016. Head down to the LiteOn website for further details. Quick, before you run out of time!
Robots just helped shed light on a maritime tragedy. The US Coast Guard, National Transportation Safety Board and Woods Hole Oceanographic have used both an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and a fiber-controlled craft to find the voyage data rec...
Way back in 1888 the 202-foot long SS Chester sank beneath the San Francisco Bay area and it has been there ever since. But the latest research efforts of an organization known for exploration and...
The late Paul Allen's research vessel, the Petrel, has found another historic warship at the bottom of the ocean. In the wake of an initial discovery in late January, the expedition crew has confirmed that it found the USS Hornet, an aircraft carrie...
A little over 76 years ago, the British merchant steam ship SS Thistlegorm was sunk by a WW II German bomber off the coast of Egypt, taking nine souls down with it. It has only been seen in detail by divers, but a new website from the University of N...
It looks like Harvard's octopus robot is going to have some stiff competition. Chinese researchers have crafted a soft manta ray-inspired bot that could surveil the seas without harming nature in the process. Rather than rely on stiff metal or plas...
Robots just helped shed light on a maritime tragedy. The US Coast Guard, National Transportation Safety Board and Woods Hole Oceanographic have used both an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) and a fiber-controlled craft to find the voyage data rec...
