Interesting Things with JC #486: "A Few Fast Facts About Sea Otters" - The fur of the sea otter is the densest of any mammal.

Interesting Things with JC #353: "Undersea Cables" - Who put them there? What do they do? Let’s take a deep dive into the history of undersea cables!

Interesting Things with JC - #235: “Sea of Okhotsk” is at the same latitude as the Gulf of Alaska, but unlike the Gulf, the sea freezes between October and March. At 611,000 square miles (1,583,000 sq km) the sea is considered one of the richest north temperate marine ecosystems in the world, and one of the most biologically productive of the world’s seas.

Interesting Things with JC #222: "The Château Laurier" is said to be haunted by the ghost of Charles Melville Hays, the president of the company that built the hotel. Hays died on the Titanic, 12 days before the hotel's opening. The Châteauesque rooflines of several federal government buildings in Ottawa, Canada were inspired by the commanding presence of this hotel.

Seychelles is located in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa, it's an archipelago consisting of 115 islands and is neighbour to tourist destinations like Mauritius and Maldives. The beaches of the Seychelles are among the most beautiful beaches in the world, with turquoise blue water, powder-soft sand, and fascinating granite rocks.

On March 3rd 1980, the first nuclear submarine and the first vessel to go to the North Pole, the USS Nautilus was decommissioned. The Submarine was the sixth vessel of the US Navy to bear the name. The Nautilus was in active naval service from 1954 to 1980 and was the 571st submarine in the fleet.

With 491 kilometers of coastline, Poland is one of the most unique surfing countries in the world. The nation has no access to the ocean, only skirted by the frigid Baltic Sea. In order to get waves for surfing, Polish riders have to wait for strong onshore winds to build swell, followed by a brief period of cross or offshore winds.

In Poland, the wind comes from a westerly direction roughly two-thirds of the time - spring and autumn storms provide particularly good surfing conditions.

January 10th, 1992 - A container ship from Hong Kong was trapped in a terrible storm. As the waves tossed the ship around, 29,000 rubber duckies escaped their container but were reclaimed by Davey Jones. Believed to have been lost at sea, they began washing ashore, and they are still finding land all over the world 30 years later!