Antarctica Flashcards

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Amidship

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in the center of a ship

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Batten

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To fasten or secure with batten

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Bow

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The front of a ship

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Stern

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Opposite side of the bow or the end of a ship

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Fo c sle

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The crews quarters

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gangplank

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A short bridge that is placed between a ship and the shore so people can get on and off

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Main Sail

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sail on the main mast

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Mast

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the vertical pole that supports the sails

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Taffrail

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The rail at the stern of a ship

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Greenheart

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a dark greenish wood

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Hull

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The frame or body of a ship

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Port

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The left side of a ship

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Starboard

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The right side of a ship

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Blige

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the lowest part of a ships hull

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Blige pump

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a pump to rid the Blige of water that has leaked in

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foremast

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the mast the bow end of the ship

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halyard

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the rope used to raise sails

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shippind water

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to take water over the ships hull

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spar

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a pole that supports sails and rigging

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heave to

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to turn the ships bow into the wind in preparation for a storm

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iceberg

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large mass of floating ice Brocken off from an ice shelf or glacier

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brash ice

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lumps of snow with pudding like texture

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ice shelf

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An ice sheet that extends into the water and rests on the sea bottom

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rigging

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The arrangment of sails spars and ropes