Ireland's only surviving wooden ocean ship has set sail for Greenland
The ship, named the Ilen, was re-built through a community educational programme in Limerick earlier this year.
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The ship, named the Ilen, was re-built through a community educational programme in Limerick earlier this year.
This was Mitsuhiro Iwamoto’s second attempt
The eleven person team – ranging in age from their early 20s to early 60s – are back on dry land after an epic voyage to Greenland and a turbulent return sea journey that “put manners on everybody”…
The Australian photographer travelled to Antarctica six times, including as part of the ill-fated Endurance expedition led by Shackleton.
Eoin Lynch and crew were relieved after they narrowly avoided a 2am collision.
The ruins of Dunluce Castle and the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge were among the sights it passed.
Fr Frank Browne left behind one of the most valuable photographic records of the first leg of the Titanic’s maiden voyage. Luckily for him, his Jesuit superior ordered him off the boat at Cobh.