Many years ago I read two interesting books” Human Jungle and The Naked Ape “written by the eminent zoologist, writer and artist Desmond Morris who’s now in his 90’s. Desmond as an artist and naturalist was great observer of animal…
As school boy I was interested in aviation and loved to build plastic Airfix models of mostly Second World War aeroplanes and also First World War biplanes. One of the aircraft I built was a First World War biplane Vickers…
What is an ice sheet? Together, the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets contain more than 99 percent of the freshwater ice on Earth. An ice sheet is a mass of glacial land ice extending more than 50,000 square kilometers (20,000 square miles).…
The 75th anniversary of the D Day landing was celebrated on 6th June 2019. Back on the 6 June 2014 I was on passage to the canaries islands and had stopped at Cherbourg to see and watch the reenactment of…
Last year whilst sailing from Minorca to Sardinia I saw one of largest pods of dolphins I’d ever seen there were literally 1000 or more. Flying above the Dolphins were 100’s of sea birds which is always good sign for…
Have you ever wondered how our oceans were formed? Maybe you’ve never thought how important our oceans are to life? Simply without them we wouldn’t exist or any other life. As a yachtsman and my love for sailing and having…
Ocean acoustics is the study of sound and its behavior in the sea. When underwater objects vibrate, they create sound-pressure waves that alternately compress and decompress the water molecules as the sound wave travels through the sea. Sound waves radiate…
Waves or sea waves are a critical aspect of sailing and passage planning. What are waves and how are they created? The sea or water acts as a medium to transfer energy of the wind across the surface of the water.…