Paul Watson

Captain Falco saw the diminishment of biodiversity in our oceans over a span of nearly seven decades. He was dedicated to the protection of life and habitats in the sea. He was a legendary mariner, diver, oceanographer, and conservationist. The world is a better place because of him.

Canadian Environmentalist

Carl Schurz

Ideals are like the stars: we never reach them, but like the mariners of the sea, we chart our course by them.

American Public Servant

Used for someone whose job involves working on a ship or boat, more professional term than 'sailor'.

Profession Specific

Mariner should be used for actual seafaring roles, not metaphorically for travellers or adventurers.

Literal Use

'Mariner' may sound slightly old-fashioned; 'sailor' or similar terms are more common today.

Language Evolution

When calling someone a mariner, it often implies they have significant sailing experience.

Skill Implication

Being a mariner doesn't just mean being old; it emphasizes skill and experience.

Not Just Age

The 'ancient mariner' is a known literary reference to a poem, conveying a sense of curse and penance.

Cultural Reference

Mariner as a spacecraft refers to unmanned missions, specifically those exploring Mars.

Space Exploration

The term is historically connected to a series of NASA spacecraft in the 20th century.

Historical Missions

Use 'mariner' to refer to space vehicles in a technical or astronomical context.

Technical Context

 you're leaving a spot and guy needs a bucket of bait or a guy needs anything some food some milk some water bread I mean you know you always try and lend a helping hand and look for that double everybody any one of us were in any kind of trouble Dave would be the first we all would've been there we all would be there everyone would be there that's the Mariners code any one's gonna help

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 Looks beautiful, right? Great, if you're not a great mariner. Sometimes it looks a little more like this. This is us trying to make sure that we don't lose precious samples. Everyone's scurrying around, and I get terribly seasick, so it's not always a lot of fun, but overall it is. So we've got to become a really good mapper to do this.

The secrets I find on...

 telescopes didn't match the maps it turns out it didn't match our imaginations either telescopes then the first photos of mars from space courtesy of a flyby spacecraft dashed all hopes of a planet teeming with little green men in july 1965 nasa's mariner 4 flew

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 said Yorktown on the stern more recently finding ancient history how many ancient mariners have had a bad day the numbers of million we've been discovering these along ancient trade routes where they're not supposed to be the shipwrecks thanked hundred years

On exploring the oceans...

 Mariners held hostage this is an attack on the global Commons we need to think about how to address it let's shift to a different kind of see the cyber see here are photographs of two young men at the moment they're incarcerated they

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 500 mariners held hostage. This is an attack on the global commons. We need to think about how to address it. Let's shift to a different kind of sea, the cyber sea. Here are photographs of two young men.

James Stavridis: How...

 a navigator priest. He's also considered the greatest wave finder in the world. There are fewer than a handful of palu left on this island. Their tradition is so extraordinary that these mariners sailed

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 People always ask, "Did you find the right ship?" It said Yorktown on the stern. More recently, finding ancient history. How many ancient mariners have had a bad day? The number's a million.

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 ecosystem beds of seagrass and stretch over miles providing the foundation for fish marine mammals and some truly ancient mariners protected areas like Moreton Bay seem like safe havens for

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 - Sea turtles are ancient mariners. Present in all but Earth's coldest oceans, these marine reptiles are well-adapted to a life on the move.