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RELATED LINKS
At nationalgeographic.com
Sebastian Junger: After the Storm
www.nationalgeographic.com/afterthestorm/index.html
A Q&A with The Perfect Storm author Sebastian Junger, who spent time on a commercial fishing boat.
Pirates of the Whydah
www.nationalgeographic.com/whydah/
Explore North America’s only known pirate shipwreck.
Silver Bank
www.nationalgeographic.com/silverbank
Take a virtual tour of an ill-fated Spanish treasure galleon that sank on the shoals of Silver Bank near the Dominican Republic in 1641.
Elsewhere on the Web
Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon
www.navtec.de/english/epirb2.htm
A description of an emergency beacon and what happens when one is activated.
Marine Weather Forecasts
www.boatus.com/news/mweather.htm/
NASA-produced weather forecasts and information, provided by the Boat Owners Association of the United States.
The National Safe Boating Council
www.SafeBoatingCouncil.org/
An online newsletter, kids site, pledge card for boating safety, and more.
Nautical Terms
www.marinedata.co.uk/mbm/terms.html
An illustrated diagram of a boat.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
www.rnli.org.uk/brief.asp
The official site of Scotland’s sea rescue group, which is funded completely by donations.
Sea Links
searider.net
A current, weekly list of links to articles concerning fishing, the oceans, and the marine environment.
U.S. Coast Guard
www.uscg.mil/
Current news, information on search-and-rescue teams and boating safety, and more.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC RESOURCES
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Benchley, Peter. “Galapagos: Paradise in Peril.” Pages 2-31, April 1999. |
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Broadwater, John D. “Yorktown Shipwreck.” Pages 804-823, June 1988. |
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Treat, Ida. “Sailing Forbidden Coasts.” Pages 357-386, September 1931. |
For more National Geographic resources, search our publications index and store.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Ballard, Robert D. The Lost Wreck of the Isis. Random House/Madison Press Book, 1990.
Dillon, Patrick. Lost at Sea: An American Tragedy. Touchstone Books, 2000.
Marsden, Peter, and Richard Valentine. The Wreck of the Amsterdam. Hutchinson, 1974.
Ritchie, David. Shipwrecks: An Encyclopedia of the World’s Worst Disasters at Sea. Checkmark Books, 1999.
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