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Tourism --- Shipping --- cruises --- Red Star Line

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The importance of the oceans to life on Earth cannot be overstated. Liquid water covers more than 70% of our planet's surface and, in past geological time, has spread over 85%. Life on Earth began in the oceans over 3.5 billion years ago and remained there for the great majority of that time. Today the seas still provide 99% of habitable living space, the largest repository of biomass, and holds the greatest number of undiscovered species on the planet. Our oceans are vital for the regulation of climate, and with global warming and decreasing land area, they have become increasingly important as the source of food, energy in the form of oil and gas, and for their mineral wealth. Oceans also form a key part of the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements critical to life. Nutrients in upwelling areas are spread by ocean currents, and the plankton of the seas supports a wealth of wildlife. 0In this 'Very Short Introduction' Dorrik Stow analyses these most important components of our blue planet and considers their relationship with, and exploitation by, humans. He shows how the oceans are an essential resource to our overpopulated world, and discusses why exploration and greater scientific understanding of the oceans, their chemistry, and their mineral wealth are now a high priority.

Ocean --- Oceans --- Sea, The --- Bodies of water --- Oceanography --- 551.46.07 --- 551.46.07 Oceanographic laboratories and fieldwork. Expeditions, cruises. Research vessels, survey ships. Diving apparatus --- Oceanographic laboratories and fieldwork. Expeditions, cruises. Research vessels, survey ships. Diving apparatus

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L'ouvrage s'inscrit dans les recherches contemporaines sur l'histoire du voyage dont la croisière est l'une des formes modernes. Du xixe au xxie siècles, la « mythologie de la navigation » observée par Roland Barthes est approchée ici dans une conception pluridisciplinaire, avec des spécialistes en histoire, en littérature, en histoire de l'art, en arts visuels. Cette diversité offre une vision large mais structurée par plusieurs thèmes : s'impose d'abord la présence de la Grèce, destination et référence culturelle, le « sillage d'Ulysse » restant pour beaucoup un parrainage obligé - dans une parenthèse qui se vit parfois comme un atelier d'écriture. Mais le loisir maritime est aussi une expression de la modernité, dans l'évolution d'une société où la femme s'affirme et tient la barre ; où l'environnement des villes recherche, avec une architecture aux emprunts balnéaires, le plaisir de vivre en vacances. À cette apparente insouciance, le cinéma et l'art contemporain opposent des relectures critiques, hantées par le thème du naufrage ou les tristes odyssées des migrants.

Ocean travel --- Voyages en mer --- History --- Histoire --- Histoire. --- Shipping --- Art --- art [fine art] --- water transport --- marines [visual works] --- cruises --- anno 1800-1999 --- anno 2000-2099 --- art [discipline]

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Marine accidents --- Cruise ships --- Pilots and pilotage. --- Navigation --- Merchant marine --- Stranding of ships --- Investigation --- Accidents --- Investigation. --- Watch duty. --- Princess Cruises, Inc.

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A one-of-a-kind analysis of ocean cruising! In Ocean Travel and Cruising: A Cultural Analysis, noted author Arthur Asa Berger turns his critical eye to the phenomenon of ocean cruising. This academically solid yet reader-friendly book brings a multidisciplinary cultural studies approach to the subject, examining ocean cruising from economic, semiotic, sociological, psychoanalytic, and marketing perspectives, and offering insights not provided by the more traditional sociological approaches to the subject. You'll explore cruise demographics, the relationship between cruising and gender

Ocean travel. --- Ocean travel --- Travelers --- Cruise ships. --- Cruise liners --- Ships, Cruise --- Passenger ships --- Cruises --- Ocean voyages --- Routes of travel --- Sea travel --- Voyages, Ocean --- Transportation --- Travel --- Voyages and travels --- Steamboats --- Psychological aspects. --- Psychology. --- Passenger accommodation