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SCIENCE OF SAILING
Find out how the science of navigation at sea has evolved, from studying
the skies to find one's position at sea to the highly sophisticated technology of Global Satellite
Positioning.
SLIPPERY SAM or THE CODFISH
Learn nautical terms as you read about the exciting adventures of Earl,
Captain Mayhem, and his arch-nemesis, the codfish Slippery Sam, in this
revised American classic set during the great Age of Sail. Use an online
glossary to lookup terms you don't know.
A LOOK INSIDE
Navigate your way around the deck of the newly rebuilt freedom schooner
Amistad or submerge yourself in the underseas universe of the submarine
USS Philadelphia by viewing these environments through 360° QuickTime
Virtual Reality photography.
NAME THAT SHIP
You are a periscope operator onboard a submarine and have ten seconds
to identify a ship before it passes out of your field of view. It may
be a harmless tugboat -- but then again, it may be something more sinister.
Can you name that ship in ten seconds?
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