Beyond the Breakers

Jess (@jesslovesboats) is back to navigate us through Part Three (of Four) in the saga of the Karluk!

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Sources for Part II:

Cavell, Janice. "The Karluk's Lost Men: The Alexander Anderson an…

Jess is back as we get further into the saga of the Karluk (emphasis on the second syllable). If you've been waiting for the shipwreck, wait no more!

Sources for Part II:

Cavell, Janice. "The Karluk's …

We're joined by longtime listener and longer time polar exploration enthusiast Jessica (@jesslovesboats) for a tale that would be a certified goofball comedy if not for the overwhelming tragedy of it…

This week it's the story of a battleship so famous that they made an entire musical about her. 

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Don't forget to check out our guest appearance on We Always Lie to Strangers where we are i…

This week it is the story of the narrowboat Drum Major and her 1998 foundering on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal that resulted in multiple deaths.

*there is about 19 minutes of intro in this one so skip …

Honorary third host of the podcast Kaylee is back this week to join us in discussing the R.J. Hackett, a vessel that changed the way bulk cargo was transported on the Great Lakes and laid the groundw…

We are joined by the baddest boys in the Ozarks - We Always Lie To Strangers - to discuss the I-40 Bridge Disaster, which saw the towboat Robert Y. Love impact a bridge over the Arkansas river near W…

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Here we conclude the main story of the mutiny on the whaleship Globe where everyone lives happily ever after in a tropical paradise. Or something like that. 

*meant to cut in a minor edit for this epi…

Following up on our Battleship Potemkin bonus, we are staying in the mutinous mood with this two-part series on the whaleship Globe, and the enigmatic boatsteerer Samuel Comstock who would cast her i…

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**this is a short preview of a much longer bonus episode we did on Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, available for $3 and $5 patrons** 

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This week we discuss the loss of the USS Turner, a Gleaves-class destroyer that sank off of New York City in January 1944. 

**Jump to around 13:30 to get right into the action**

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In this episode we go deep into the history books to discuss the deadliest maritime disaster we've covered up to this point. 

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Here is a short clip from our most recent 2nd Mate Tier bonus episode: 'The Ignoble Means by Which That Wealth Was Accumulated' - The Slaving Brig Henriqueta and the Illicit Slave Trade to Brazil 

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This week we have the story of the jackup rig Kolskaya, lost in the Sea of Okhotsk in December 2011. 

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Sources: 

"Буровая платформа Кольская - трагедия и надежда." www.kolskaya.com

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This week we are discussing a smashingly successful air attack conducted by the Empire of Japan in December 1941 (but not that one).

Jump to around 14:30 to get right to the action

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It's all regional rivalries and riverine wrecks this week as we discuss the sidewheel steamer Empire of Troy (1843 - 1853).

*jump to around [13:00] if you want to dive right in to the main part of the…

We kick off Season 5 by getting back to the Great Lakes for the story of the SS Francisco Morazan

*Taylor's new mic sounds great but we are still getting Tanner's audio situation resolved

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In this final episode of Season 4, we conclude the tale of the oil tanker SS Torrey Canyon.

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Sources:

Green, Anna and Timothy Cooper. “Community and Exclusion: The Torrey Canyon Disaster o…

In Part II we get into the wreck itself and some of the initial attempts at salvage and containment

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Sources:

Green, Anna and Timothy Cooper. “Community and Exclusion: The Torrey Canyon Dis…