The coast guards obviously tried to sink our ship, hunting us. Not until private boats came in sight they stopped their maneuvers and let us alone.
In certain South American Indian languages there is no word for the sea even though the ocean stood present. When linguists investigated the matter, they found that what existed beyond the beach was conveyed by the word "emptiness" or "nothing" and furthermore that Inca peoples use the same word for heaven and sea.
At one point, a container of Nike shoes fell off a freighter ship in the Atlantic. One could locate the position where it occurred but decided to let the container vanish. This became a joy for the world's turbulence researchers: by seeing where the shoes washed ashore and when, it became the first full-scale test of the movements of Atlantic currents.
The coast guards obviously tried to sink our ship, hunting us. Not until private boats came in sight they stopped their maneuvers and let us alone.
What is a sea? A substance, a boarder, a surface. A threat, a demand a resource and a symbol. A place for recreation and adventures, for warfare, wealth and communication. The hidden secrets, the fear and the politics of the seas are subjects of this investigation from viewpoints on land, looking out.