Month: October 2021

Amundsen is a Norwegian film, released on 15 February 2019, that details the life of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. It was directed by Espen Sandberg and was distributed in Norway by SF Studios. Flying in an Arctic storm, elderly Roald Amundsen’s plane crashes, stranding him and his companions. Waiting for news while the world assumes… Continue reading Amundsen (2019)

The Odyssey (French title: L’odyssée) is a 2016 French–Belgian biographical adventure film directed by Jérôme Salle and written by Salle and Laurent Turner, based on the non-fiction book Capitaine de La Calypso by Albert Falco and Yves Paccalet. The film stars Lambert Wilson, Pierre Niney, and Audrey Tautou. The film follows Jacques-Yves Cousteau, a French ocean-going… Continue reading The Odyssey (2016)

Chasing Mavericks is a 2012 American biographical drama film about the life of American surfer Jay Moriarity (portrayed by Jonny Weston). The film is directed by Curtis Hanson and Michael Apted, and co-stars Gerard Butler, Elisabeth Shue, Abigail Spencer, and Leven Rambin. Filming took place in October 2011. While Hanson began production, Apted was brought… Continue reading Chasing Mavericks (2012)

The Big Blue (released in some countries under the French title Le Grand Bleu) is a 1988 film in the French Cinéma du look visual style, made by French director Luc Besson. The film is a heavily fictionalized and dramatized story of the friendship and sporting rivalry between two leading contemporary champion free divers in… Continue reading The Big Blue (1988)

A scuba diver has found a 900-year-old Crusader sword with a three-foot blade off the coast of Israel. The amateur diver spotted the sword and other ancient artifacts on the seabed off northern Israel. He was diving when he spotted the sword, which boasts a foot-long hilt, along with stone anchors, metal anchors and pottery fragments. The diver took the… Continue reading 900-year-old Crusader sword found off the coast of Israel

Derek Pearce, a sculptor and furnisher designer creates glass coffee tables, but with a twist. Rather than a usual solid base, he sculpts animals cast from resin and places their faces and limbs to look as if they’re emerging from the water. Anyone who’s ever been by a body of water knows the familiar look… Continue reading COOL COFFEE TABLES LOOK LIKE ANIMALS UNDERWATER

THE WACKY CAMOUFLAGED BOAT IS THE CREATION OF ARTIST JULIEN BERTHIER, 46. IT TOOK HIM SIX WEEKS TO CONVERT AN OLD DINGHY, USING MOSTLY POLYSTYRENE AND EPOXY RESIN. AND THE PAINSTAKINGLY ACCURATE PAINT JOB MAKES IT APPEAR LIKE A BOBBING NATURAL ROCK FORMATION THAT HAS DRIFTED AWAY FROM SHORE. MIND-BENDING VIDEO SHOWS THE BOAT –… Continue reading ARTIST CREATES CRAZY CAMOUFLAGED BOAT

TODAY WILL BE ORGANIZED UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE HULL OF THE STRANDED NEAR YAYLATA MOTOR SHIP “VERA SU”. THIS WAS ANNOUNCED BY VICE ADMIRAL O.R. RUMEN NIKOLOV, HEAD OF OPERATIONS TO TOW THE 32-YEAR-OLD VESSEL THAT RAN AGROUND ON THE BLACK SEA COAST 13 DAYS AGO. “ТHE INCREASE OF THE AMOUNT OF WATER IN THE… Continue reading UNLOADING OF THE STRANDED SHIP “VERA SU” IS FORTHCOMING

Venetian artist Livio de Marchi has spent his life combining his woodworking skills with his imagination to create incredible sculptures. With Noah’s Violin, he is marking life post-lockdown by creating a giant violin to float through the city’s canals. Symbolizing the rebirth of art, music, and culture in a new era, the violin set sail… Continue reading Giant Violin Floats Along Venice’s Grand Canal