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‘Alexia Riley, you have been commissioned by the High Council of the Earth’s Forestry and Woodland to document a trek through the Atlantic Ocean. Is your team ready to depart in four days time?’ ‘Yes, Sir. We will be fully equipped to depart from Great Britain at 7:30am Thursday 26th May 2018. We will be departing from Heathrow Airport, and travelling to Nanortalik, Greenland. From there we will depart, and travel through the Atlantic Ocean before arriving in the Falkland Islands.’ My reply…

Whether it be for fun or for a lifestyle of competition, boating is an opportunity for one to further express themselves. Sailing and yachting are more than just styles of boating. To start off, sailing and yachting are both rooted around a boat, but the crews of each play very different roles. Sailing involves a maximum effort by the crew. They operate the boat to reach the end location. Trimming the sails requires the effort of a crew to keep the sailboat pointed in the direction of optimal…

1. The authorized Government Meal Rate (GMR) of $13.85 with Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) does not properly allow sufficient coverage of daily Air Force Dining Facility a la carte meals while a member is assigned Temporary Duty at Air Force installations providing training. 2. The Training Quota Management Center (TQC) has the unique situation of receiving critical feedback from individuals we issue orders to after they have attended required training. Some of the courses we issue…

their own thing. Everyone was anxiously waiting to board the ship in the morning. I had 6 of my closest friends and their families from high school accompany me on this cruise along with my family. The setting of this story takes place in the lobby of the hotel. We knew something was up, seemed like the staff was acting strange. The problem now is we were told our cruise has been delayed for 11 hours. We were told that the cruise ship that was headed to Port Caravel to get us had to be…

The year is 1800; the events that led up to this year in my life and the lives of every member of my entire family replays vividly in my mind. This beautiful island of Trinidad, although filled with uncertainty, presents such great opportunity that going back now is just not an option. Life as a French coloured planter was changing in Grenada. The French Revolution threatened the economy and most importantly the livelihoods of us planters. In 1776, a French planter…

Captain Kidd started his life on the sea from a young age. He served on a French pirate ship which later he and some English men took over. Kidd became captain and was hired by the british to fight in the ongoing war for the caribbean between them and the French. He was mutinied and lost his original ship but was given another one by his English employer. After a while Kidd left and sailed for New York. In New York he was able to remove an illegitimate government from power and gain some respect…

The Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus, traveled four major voyages in his lifetime, proving it possible to cross the Atlantic Ocean. Believing he was sailing to India, Columbus actually ended up establishing the first European settlement in the Western Hemisphere on the Island of San Salvador. Modern sailing technology could have benefited Columbus in planning and carrying out his voyages in many ways. However, three modern sailing advances that would have benefited him the most would be…

purpose and determination collided into the jagged, rocky bluffs of Edisto Island. The salty spray had little time to dissipate before the next thundering crash pounded into its levying boarders. And with the rolling of the tide came three demanding ships. Occupied by three hundred souls per vessel. Nine hundred men with a cause and mission. The serenity of peaceful blue skies garnished by flights of seagulls rapidly vanished, as looming gray clouds of damnation forced their way over the…

perimeter of the ship, while others clapped in sync with their jumbled steps. Captain Samuel Carlyle took a swig of rum and let out a blissful sigh before slamming his bottle on the table in front of him. He laid back in his chair with arms folded behind his head to gaze at the stars that…

The world has been subject to acts of piracy since trading at sea was formed. Take Julius Caesar for example: this Roman emperor was once kidnapped by pirates, whom he paid off in order to be set free. Eventually, Caesar found the pirates and had them all killed. Whether it be two-thousand years ago or even in modern times, piracy has always been active. However, there was a point in history in which piracy had reached its prime. Often referred to as, "the golden age of piracy" this time period…