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2 weeks agoFour Seasons finally has its own luxury yacht - and we were the first on board
The experience on the ship includes luxurious dining, stunning views, and exceptional amenities, creating a dream-like getaway.
The Titanic was one of a trio of similar White Star Line ships completed in the early nineteen-tens. In the video above, Bill Hammack, known on YouTube as Engineerguy, tells the story of not just the Titanic, but also the Olympic and the HMHS Britannic. An engineering professor at the University of Illinois, he found in the campus library issues of the journal The Engineer published between 1909 and 1911 that contain detailed photographs of the construction of both the Titanic and Olympic, sister ships that were built side-by-side.
A hydrophone in this shipping corridor off Baffin Island, Nunavut, captures their calls as the tusked whales navigate their autumn migration route to northern Baffin Bay. But as the Nordic Odyssey, a 225-metre ice-class bulk carrier servicing the nearby iron ore mine, approaches, its low engine rumble gives way to a wall of sound created by millions of collapsing bubbles from its propeller.
River cruising is entering an entirely new era with the arrival of Celebrity Cruises' groundbreaking river ships. For years, the brand has been synonymous with innovation on the oceans, but now, it is bringing that same forward-thinking design and hospitality to Europe's most iconic waterways. Beginning in 2027, travelers will be able to sail the Rhine and Danube aboard the Celebrity Compass and Celebrity Seeker-two vessels designed to transform every moment on the river into an extraordinary experience.
"I'm really excited about the transformative nature of these vessels," Laura Hodges Bethge, the president of Celebrity Cruises, told T+L.