Hello readers and welcome back to the Library blog. For those of you who are unaware, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer has just released construction plans for the proposed cruise liner Titanic II. No, I did not mistype that – this man seriously wants to rebuild the Titanic. According to the proposed plans, the Titanic II [...]
The past few weeks have conspired to finally make me learn the difference between a sail and a sheet. I can hear many of you, dear readers, chuckling to yourselves right now, and I honestly don’t blame you. I have been a maritime librarian for several years and still had no firm grasp on the [...]
Last week I took a few minutes to visit the Conservation wet lab to visit Monitor‘s main engine, the first time I had seen it with the tank drained. Before I say anything about this experience, I ought to say that I love steam engines, have loved them ever since I was a child. Like [...]
