It is estimated that there are 3,800 shipwrecks scattered across the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Most date from the Second World War. However, shipwrecks are not an issue consigned to the past. In the ...

The Ocean Exploration Trust led a team to the depths of one of the largest protected areas in the US, the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. During a five-day submersion, the team on ...

Maurice and Maralyn: An Extraordinary True Story of Shipwreck, Survival and Love, by Sophie Elmhirst, won the £30,000 Gold Prize at the Nero Book Awards, on Wednesday.

The Australian Navy rescued a Lithuanian rower caught in tropical cyclone Alfred during his solo venture crossing the Pacific Ocean. Aurimas Mockus, a 44-year-old adventurer, was 740km off the ...

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society says the Western Reserve broke apart and sank in 600 feet of water during a fierce gale 132 years ago in August 1894 about 60 miles northwest of ...

Most of the featured wrecks come from pre-Panama Canal days, when vessels had to sail around perilous Cape Horn to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific. Wreck locations are shown on an ...