Atlantic Ocean

Lionfish were originally spotted of Florida’s Atlantic coast near Diana Beach back in 1985. The invasion of Lionfish started with only a few fish and it is unknown how they got there, but it was likely to have followed up currents on the Atlantic Coast, to the Bahamas, and into the Gulf. Lionfish are reef fish that are predators, they eat the native fish and reduce their populations having a negative…

Did reduced recruitment contribute to the collapse of Atlantic cod? There survey results from six stocks of Atlantic cod do not support the hypothesis that the cod collapse off eastern Canada resulted from poor recruitment (Table. 1). Survey results of different cod stock in various regions, as depicted in Table 1, showed that the recruitment from the previous year classes that would have comprised most of the spawners during the year of the collapse was not significantly different from…

On June 17, 1928 pilot Wilmer Stultz, co-pilot Louis Gordon and Amelia set off to take a nonstop trip across the Atlantic Ocean. Although Amelia never touched the controls she was a part of something so important. They Left from Newfoundland in a Forkker F7 named the Friendship and after about 21 hours they arrived at Burry Port, Wales. It had been a successful trip that…

early voyage as to when he started his career. Columbus started his path by participating in several trading voyages in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas. As a result, Columbus studied ocean geography. Furthermore, by the time he was in his twenties, Columbus journeyed beyond the Mediterranean Sea into the Atlantic Ocean…

In British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador’s their governments and organizations have promoted their provinces for tourism, investment, trade, and in-migration. They both differ in each of these categories, making the two of them unique. British Columbia is greatly affected by sporting events, its vibrant economy, its expansion of global trade and the event of more Canadians moving to British Columbia. Whereas Newfoundland is based on its scenery and nature components, the development of…

The voyages of Africa was to get around the continent of Africa, to reach the India the eastern part of Asia in order to get spices, silk, and other fine goods. Stories were told by ancient Egypt and Phoenicia that say the sailed to Africa and made it 2,600 years ago (Scheller, 25). It was to say that Arabs were the only ones really getting things from Asia. There was always two ways to get good to Europe from Asia. Caravan, by foot was a way to get there which involved camels carrying things on…

In the year 1620, a group of religious English Separatists sailed to what we now know as Massachusetts, hoping to find a land in which to establish a home, a place where they could worship God the way they wanted to. The settlement they created, the colony of Plymouth, would become just the second British settlement in all of America. Though their original ship, the Mayflower, brought just thirty-five people, and only a few hundred lived in the other British settlement, Jamestown in Virginia,…

But not so many people know how she died. There are multiple assumptions for what happened to Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan. Her first flight, in 1920 was the start of something huge. She began flying many places, like across the Atlantic to Britain, and from Hawaii to the US Mainland. These flights were the many things that made her famous. Not so long after, she had bigger plans, something much more complicated than a flight as easy as Hawaii to the US Mainland. (Rossi).…

take went right through the North American continent into the Pacific Ocean. This route was called the Northwest Passage. He spent his journey’s chasing a fable; no such passage…

To my passionate readers, recently, I read the inspirational biography Winged Legend: Story of Amelia Earhart by John Burke, which recounts Amelia Earhart's daring life story. Amelia was a fearless aviation pioneer who set countless height, speed and distance records. She lived at a time when women were considered to be inferior to men. Women had limited jobs and their talents were greatly underestimated. However, Amelia broke down these barriers and proved to the world that women were as…