What Will It Remind You Of?: Besides various incarnations of Moby-Dick, there are hints of the more genteel Cast Away and the similarly harrowing The Perfect Storm or (gulp) Alive. Not a romp, in ...
A rare Renaissance-era condition known as ‘Sailor’s disease’ is making a dangerous comeback in France. Scurvy, a disease last prevalent in the 18th century, when it killed at least two million sailors ...