Channel Shore: From the White Cliffs to Land's End
The English Channel is the busiest waterway in the world. Ferries steam back and forth, trains thunder through the tunnel. The narrow sea has been crucial to our development and prosperity. It helps define our notion of Englishness, as an island people, a nation of seafarers. It is also our nearest, dearest playground where people have sought sun, sin and bracing breezes.
Taught by Kenneth W. Harl Tulane University Ph.D., Yale University
Must listen! As explorers and traders, the Vikings played a decisive role in the formation of Latin Christendom, and particularly of Western Europe. In this course, you will study the Vikings not only as warriors, but also in other roles for which they were equally extraordinary: merchants, artists, kings, raiders, seafarers, shipbuilders, and creators of a remarkable literature of myths and sagas. Course Guidebook.
Study Pack 2 is a comprehensive English language training course designed for independent study by seafarers of any rank or nationality. The course is aimed at seafarers with a lower-intermediate to intermediate level of English. It combines detailed language input with extensive practice of language skills within authentic maritime contexts.
Marlins Study Pack 1 is a comprehensive English language training course designed for independent study by seafarers of any rank or nationality. The course is aimed at seafarers who have an elementary understanding of English. It combines detailed language input with extensive practice of language skills within authentic maritime contexts.
Taught by Kenneth W. Harl
