Maritime History

The legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald lives on, thanks to Gordon Lightfoot's immortal song and a fresh crop of memes.

In this episode of Untold Earth, find out about the ocean current bringing huge amounts of ice to Newfoundland.

After decades in a Philadelphia shipyard, the last great American ocean liner may be destined for the seafloor.

In the wake of war, the Baltic was used as a munitions dumping ground. Now, an ambitious cleanup is underway.

From the Drake Passage to the Bermuda Triangle, these waters have a reputation for death and destruction.

For centuries, the cruel industry decimated entire whale species—and claimed countless human lives. Whalers arrived prepared for their own deaths.