Then the great ships passed on to weave their line of forward bases further around the Foundation.
The second sound was of an avalanche as the ship passed through a narrow channel between ice mountains.
A couple of crewmen were working the lines as the ship passed through the locks.
As the ship passed under the disc there was nothing but a space-black plain on the underside.
It remained inert until the ship passed above three hundred and forty miles.
There are 200,000 jobs related to the ports in the New York region and 11,000 ships passed through the harbor last year.
In 1858 414 ships with a total of 950 passengers passed through the locks.
The building is crowned by a pair of clock towers: as a ship passed along the river, mariners could tell the time from these.
Straining to make out the image that was unfolding as the ship passed above it, the sonar operator held his breath.
As the ship passed on it became more difficult to see the heads.