“After a day and a half or so the traveler will realize that crossing the continent by Interstate he gets to know the country about as well as a cable messenger knows the sea bottom.” KnowsWellsCountryRealizingHalfSeaBottomContinentsTravelerCablesCrossingsMessengersInterstate Author:Wallace Stegner
“After the conquest of the South Pole by Amundsen who, by a narrow margin of days only, was in advance of the British Expedition under Scott, there remained but one great main object of Antarctic journeying - the crossing of the South Polar continent from sea to sea” SeaObjectsSouthBritishContinentsConquestMarginsCrossingsExpeditions Author:Ernest Shackleton
“My wife's brother has a little house on a small island in the Baltic Sea, and we go there at Christmas. The 30-minute crossing from the mainland to this island is the most terrifying cruise you'll ever take. They give you a barf bag when you walk on board.” GivingLittlesHouseWalksWifeSeaMinutesBrotherMy WifeBoardsIslandsBagsCrossingsCruise Author:Nick Frost
“Going over to Lesvos in Greece and meeting some of these poor refugees who have just made the treacherous sea crossing opened my eyes in a way I can't even being to describe. It's put a fire in my belly to really try to do something, the little I can do.” WayTryingLittlesMadeI CanEyeCan DoPoorFireSeaMeetingsRefugeeBellyGreeceCrossingsTreacherous Author:Douglas Booth