More than 600 nautical miles off the coast of California, 29-year-old Oliver Widger is reinventing his life with his cat, a sailboat and a dream. “What would I tell myself before embarking on this ...

One of the most arresting American images from the pre-Civil War era is a photograph of a man’s hand, palm forward, with the letters “SS” seared into its flesh. The hand belonged to a New England ...

There are a number of things that could cause the ship to turn around, like lack of food and water or problems with the engine. When the ship sailed from Catania in Sicily, it had 12 people on board, ...