Boat sails free from icy shackles
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A research vessel that was deliberately trapped in the Arctic ice emerges after more than 500 days.
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Five sailors, who were stranded in a life raft in the sea for 8 days after their yacht sank, were rescued off the coast of Cornwall in southwest England by British coast guards on Wednesday.
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A high-tech mooring system lets boaters put in easy (and enjoy the luxury treatment), all while treading lightly on coral that lives on the sea floor. By Nicole Martinelli.
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It's nice to sail into a new year being at peace with the world. The trick is getting that feeling to last. Commentary by Tony Long.
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Scientists apparently freed a young whale from more than 150 feet of lobster-fishing gear Friday after riding alongside the animal on a Coast Guard cutter for nearly 24 hours.
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The disabled Japanese whaling ship stricken in Antarctic waters sails briefly under its own steam.
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A team retracing the route of a group of Victorian Arctic explorers have found parts of their 172-year-old ship.
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Passengers and crew are being airlifted from a ferry in the Irish Sea after sailing into bad weather.
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Seagull poo on solar cells is primary tech snag In the Irish Sea off Wales this week, a new kind of robot is taking to the waves. For once, this is not a military kill-droid, nor a securo-pork powered surveillance machine. Instead, we are seeing the debut of the fully-autonomous sailboat, which uses its own software to navigate out at sea. For now the uninhabited windjammers will stay relatively close to home but, next year, their successors will race across the Atlantic.â¦
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A man who decided to swim to safety after the boat he was on capsized about 15 miles offshore was rescued Sunday after spending 24 hours in the Atlantic Ocean, the U.S. Coast Guard said. His four fishing companions also were rescued.
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Ice cores drilled from under the floor of the Arctic Ocean show it was once warm enough for swimming.
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A British trawler stuck in Antarctic ice for more than a week is set to resume fishing after repairing its engine.
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An operation is underway to rescue the crew of a burning fishing boat off the coast of Donegal.
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The maneuver frees the hatch on the docking station that the crew members will use for work sorties in January and March. In addition, the launch of an unmanned Progress cargo ship has been postponed one day to December 24.
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Cruise line operator reports smooth sailing on calm seas as earnings rise.
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Hundreds of Russians are rescued after ice-floes on which they had been fishing broke away from the shore.
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AN AUSTRALIAN search and rescue officer hacredited a Stabi-Craft boat made in Southland as a lifesaver after a dramatic rescue on the Murray River at the weekend.