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Cruise Chronicle 1843 - 1880
It’s been 180 years, people! That’s almost three lifetimes .. in current average life spans, that is. Or about 7-8 generations ago. Do...
Jacob Lyngsøe
Aug 14, 202320 min read
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Wreck of a Co-Op
As a self-professed cruise history geek, I often lament the lack of tangible artefacts from cruise history. Cruise ships never get turned...
Jacob Lyngsøe
May 24, 202319 min read
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Mardi Gras on the Rocks
0,1oz (0,3cl) lemon juice 2oz (6cl) dark rum 6oz (18cl) Hawaiian Punch 1tsp sugar Dip rim of hurricane glass first in lemon juice, then...
Jacob Lyngsøe
May 7, 20235 min read
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End of Line(rs)
Friday, 2 May, 1952 At London Airport (as Heathrow was once called) it is a cool and drizzly afternoon, but by 3pm the rain has let up...
Jacob Lyngsøe
Feb 16, 202315 min read
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Atomic Dreams
Tuesday 25 August, 1964 Off the coast of Copenhagen, Denmark: A sleek, snow-white cargoliner makes its way South down the Øresund – the...
Jacob Lyngsøe
Dec 19, 202216 min read
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The Norwegian Connection II
‘Hello? .. Yes, good evening! My name is Ted Arison and I’m calling from Miami, USA. We’ve never met but boy, do I have a great business...
Jacob Lyngsøe
Nov 5, 202216 min read
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The Norwegian Connection I
Look around the twentieth century Western cruisescape and what do you see? Norwegians, right?! Norwegians everywhere! You may not have...
Jacob Lyngsøe
Oct 9, 202228 min read
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Murder Mystery
Some pages in cruise history beg to be read not for their satisfying resolution or long-lasting contributions to the evolution of the...
Jacob Lyngsøe
May 6, 202216 min read
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Sweet Sixteen
Hip hip Hooray! My blog has come of age! Only one year in and sixteen colorful stories from cruise history down already. That only goes...
Jacob Lyngsøe
May 8, 20216 min read
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Soviet Leisure I
For more than 40 years a 'covert' cruise operation was running on the border of Europe and Asia Minor – a large one with a substantial...
Jacob Lyngsøe
Oct 19, 202013 min read
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School Afloat
Imagine a school where you learn French one day and the next you are in downtown Marseille putting your new skills to the test. Learn...
Jacob Lyngsøe
Oct 12, 202011 min read
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Hitler's Holidays
In the 1930’s arose a cruise company – literally out of nowhere – that went on to dominate the European cruise market in terms of volume....
Jacob Lyngsøe
Sep 26, 202014 min read
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