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North face of Mount Everest. Over 340 people have died attempting to reach—or return from—the summit of Mount Everest which, at 8,848.86 m (29,031 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), is Earth's highest mountain and a particularly desirable peak for mountaineers. This makes it the mountain with the most deaths, although it does not have the highest death rate.
Green Boots is among the roughly 200 corpses remaining on Everest by the early 21st century. [7] [16] It is unknown when the term "Green Boots" entered Everest parlance. Over the years, it became a common term, as all the expeditions from the north side encountered the climber's body curled up in the limestone alcove cave.
SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.
Charter vessel; former cargo carrier and wartime supply boat 2 masted gaff, square topsails The Schooner SoundWaters: 1986 Stamford, CT: Educational vessel owned and operated by SoundWaters: 3 masted gaff Spirit of Bermuda: 2004 Hamilton, Bermuda: Educational vessel owned and operated by the Bermuda Sloop Foundation: 3 masted staysail schooner [68]
"The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Besiktas-M at approximately 11:46 p.m. local time, Feb. 12, while operating in ...
As Captain Neese and his vessel arrived on scene, the Arctic Hunter was taking on water quickly and most of its six-man crew was preparing to abandon the vessel by escaping into one of its ...
At 02:16, the cruiser was hit by a torpedo from Aoba, and the ship's remaining guns were silenced. Quincy ' s assistant gunnery officer, sent to the bridge to ask for instructions, reported on what he found: "When I reached the bridge level, I found it a shambles of dead bodies with only three or four people still standing.
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