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Oct. 18—Like most people, I love the week and a half that Alaska calls autumn. The air is crisp, the trees are vibrant, and the darkening skies hold the promise of bonfires and hot drinks.
The first class incorporated a number of single berth cabins to allow a passenger to have a room to themselves. The first class passengers were provided with a number of public rooms, including a library, a smoking room, and a barbers shop, all of which were richly decorated. [1]
Due to his hasty departure, he accidentally kept a key to a storage locker believed to contain the binoculars intended for use by the crow's nest lookout. The absence of any binoculars within the crow's nest is considered by some to be a contributory factor in the Titanic ’s ultimate demise.
Crows Nest, Crow's Nest or Crowsnest may refer to: Crow's nest, a structure in the upper part of the main mast of a ship, or a structure that is used as a lookout point;
Crows Nest was originally part of a 524-acre (2.12 km 2) land grant made to Edward Wollstonecraft in 1821. [2] The grant extended from the site of the present day Crows Nest to Wollstonecraft . Edward Wollstonecraft built a cottage, the 'Crow's Nest' and, according to his business partner Alexander Berry , chose the name "on account of its ...
Lille is a ghost town and former village in the Crowsnest Pass area of southwest Alberta, Canada.It was a company-built coal mining community that, between 1901 and 1912, hosted a population that grew to over 400.
A sailor stationed in the crow's nest. batten 1. A stiff strip used to support the roach of a sail, increasing the sail area. 2. Any thin strip of material (wood, plastic, etc.). batten down the hatches To prepare for inclement weather by securing the closed cargo hatch covers with wooden battens so as to prevent water from entering from any angle.
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