We passed Port Roosevelt, where there was a glimpse of red-belted ocean-going ships, and sped along a cobbled slum lined with the dark, undeserted saloons of the faded gilt nineteen-hundreds.
Unlike these estuaries, fjord estuaries are filled with deep, cold water, which enables large, open-ocean creatures like whales to live closer to the shore.
By then we had fared nearly 13,000 leagues from our starting point in the Pacific high seas. Our position fix placed us in latitude 45 degrees 37' south and longitude 37 degrees 53' west.
People longed for speed, travel, and adventure in cars produced by Gabriel Voisin and stylish ocean lines like the famous SS Ile de France built by the French Line.
乘坐 Gabriel Voisin 生产汽车以及法国航线建造著名 SS Ile de France 等时尚远洋航线速度、旅行和冒险。
And when the Portuguese discovered the Cape of Good Hope for the Europeans, their larger and more ocean-worthy ships ended up dominating the Indian ocean itself.
This large-scale recycling of nutrients helps keep these nutrients around the reef for longer, delaying the inevitable leaking away into the open ocean.