Author: Cruiser Evan
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The Eye Surgery Ship
Most people go on cruises to take a vacation. Taking a cruise is about relaxing, traveling around the world a bit, and not much else. However, there are several types of cruises that are taken for reasons that are unrelated to vacationing, like medical cruises. Medical cruises often focus on educating medical professionals (with on-board conferences, meetings, etc.), but at least a few different cruise ships offer voyages that focus on some form of patient care. A prime example of this latter type of cruise is an eye surgery cruise. As far as our research suggests, there has only been one eye surgery cruise ship, and the ship appears to have ceased functioning many years ago, but the story of the eye surgery ship and the man behind it is extraordinary and inspiring. The eye surgery ship may no longer be taking passengers, but the mere fact that is ever existed is an awesome example of two seemingly unrelated things – eye surgery and cruise ships – coming together for the sake of good. Read more […] -
Medical Cruise Conferences: How to Find a Medical Conference on a Cruise
As we explained in a recent article about medical cruises, there are fundamentally two different types of medical cruises: there are cruises that focus on medical conferences, and there are cruises that focus on passenger health. In the present article we are concerned only with the former – medical cruise conferences. So, what exactly is a medical cruise conference? As implied, they are conferences that center on medical topics that take place on cruise ships. These cruise conferences are targeted at medical professionals, as opposed to, say, people who happen to have an interest in medicine. Medical cruise conferences are quite common, with about 20 or so leaving various ports around the world every month. What are some different types of medical cruise conferences, and how might you go about booking a medical cruise? Read more […] -
Medical Cruises
What is a medical cruise? There isn’t any formal definition of a “medical cruise,” so we suppose a medical cruise is just a cruise that involves medicine (or health in general) in one way or another. A cruise can be medical in nature in two ways: a cruise can focus on medical education, offering conferences and meetings about medical topics to professionals, or it can center on patient care, providing passengers some form of medical treatment. There are a fair number of each type of cruise, and both kinds will be covered in their own articles. This article will therefore focus only on the basics of both variety of medical cruises without covering any specific cruise options in depth. Read more […] -
HMHS Britannic Disaster
Following our series of articles on the Titanic, we thought we should move on to other disasters in the shipping industry, starting with the HMHS Britannic (henceforth called merely “Britannic”), which struck an underwater mine off the coast of a Greek island, causing the ship to sink. This is an appropriate place to start, as Britannic was in the same class of ocean liners as Titanic (and Olympic). Together, Britannic and these other two ships made up the Olympic class of White Star Line. The Britannic disaster claimed 30 lives, making the survival rate relatively high, as there were 1,066 people on board the Britannic. Below is a brief overview of the Britannic disaster. Read more […] -
Cruise Ship Jobs: Who Should Not Work on a Cruise Ship?
We recently wrote an article about those who should work on a cruise ship, so it is only fitting that we write a complementary article about those who should not hold a cruise ship job. The benefits of working on a cruise ship are well-known – you get to travel while you work, you save most of the money you make because room and board on a cruise ship are covered, etc. – so many people have an interest in cruise ship jobs. But just because you are interested (or even positively attracted) to a cruise ship job doesn’t mean you are well-suited for one. And so we seek to answer the following question to help guide people as they consider cruise ship employment: What are some indicators that you aren’t cut out for a cruise ship job? Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises: What Kind of Whales Can You See?
Whale watching cruises, as the name implies, center on observing whales. Whale watching cruises are about sailing around the ocean in an effort to see a whale or multiple whales, and basically nothing else. This means that whale watching cruises are fundamentally different from normal cruise vacations because those who take the latter normally engage in several activities (spa visits, gambling in the casino, poolside lounging, etc.) and seek more than one end (to relax, see different parts of the world, etc.). Since whale watching cruises are focused on one particular goal – watching whales – this leads to an inevitable question: what kind of whales can you see on a whale watching cruise? If you are so interested in seeing whales that you want to take a cruise just to observe them, it seems like you ought to know what whales are possible to see. And that’s where we come in… Read more […]