It tells about a sailor named Ishmael and his observations on the whaling ship Pequod.

VOA: special.2010.06.11

Almost any sailor could tell what his longitude was by simply looking at a clock.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

On the ocean,however, there is no sign to tell a sailor where he is.

VOA: special.2010.07.14

A sailor who never wants to see something again will give it the deep-six.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

There were three others with him: the ships captain,the cook, and a sailor.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

The sailor and the reporter kept rowing with the thin wooden oars.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

The sailor,named Billie, directed the boats movement with one of the oars.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

You can deep-six something even if you are not a sailor.

VOA: special.2011.03.06

One sailor described the sea as being as smooth as glass.

VOA: special.2009.05.27

After the kill, a sailor's work was far from over.

VOA: special.2011.06.29

They were a captain,a sailor, a cook and a reporter.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

At age sixteen Norma Jean married a sailor.

VOA: special.2009.12.06

The reporter and the sailor agreed.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

A little more south,sir, the sailor repeated.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

So they were silent. Oh,well, said the captain, Well get ashore all right. But there was something in his voice that made them think, as the sailor said: Yes,if this wind holds! Seagulls flew near and far.

VOA: special.2010.03.06

Off the Normandy coast,Earl W.Norwood was a 17-year-old sailor who operated a landing craft between the ships and Omaha Beach, one of the beaches where the Americans landed.

VOA: standard.2009.06.02