by Laura McFalls | Sep 22, 2021 | Featured Sea Stories |
A career at sea can be challenging and isolating at times, but it can also lead to adventure and opportunity as one mariner, Laura McCormack has discovered. Laura was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts and attended Massachusetts Maritime Academy. After graduation she...
by Women Offshore | Mar 29, 2021 | Featured Sea Stories |
Based on research & phone interview by Sheila Sova It was a different world for women back in the 1940’s. While men went off to war, women entered the workforce in large numbers to support the war effort. Some went to work at the shipyards, becoming welders and...
by April Killian | Jan 25, 2021 | Featured Sea Stories |
During WWII, the US Coast Guard created the Women’s Reserve known as the SPARS, an acronym for, “Semper Paratus Always Ready.” By December 7th of 1942, the United States was at war and all men between the ages of 21 and 45 were required to register for the...
by Julie Schaeffer | Nov 30, 2020 | Featured Sea Stories |
From Caracas, Venezuela, meet geologist Patricia Varela. If you’ve ever thought about the oil and gas industry, you already know that you can’t just go willy-nilly digging holes in the ground. In this regard, Patricia Varela is mission critical in deciding where to...
by Julie Schaeffer | Jul 6, 2020 | Featured Sea Stories |
A zoology student found a career offshore. If you’ve ever seen the show Vikings, you know exactly what Wicklow County, Ireland, looks like, as it was filmed there. Vibrant green hills and valleys give way to crescent bays that welcome the Irish Sea. Its easterly...
by Julie Schaeffer | May 13, 2020 | Featured Sea Stories |
Radio Operator sounds reductive. Why not call her a “Communications Expert? or an “International Relations Coordinator?” With all the communications Maria Quiteria Rego is responsible for as a radio operator offshore, a more dignified title is...
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