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Jan 1, 2021
National Sailing Hall of Fame- Captain Bill Pinkney, Inductee- Lifetime Achievement Award
After a diverse post‑Navy career, Bill Pinkney fulfilled his lifelong dream by becoming the first African American to single‑handedly sail around the globe (1990–1992) aboard his 47‑foot sloop 'The Commitment', documenting the 27,000‑mile voyage for 30,000 schoolchildren and earning a Peabody Award for the film “The Incredible Voyage of Bill Pinkney.”
Jan 3, 2019
Sea Grant film explores a diminishing Smithville
Smithville is a community on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, on the edge of the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge. A century ago, Smithville had more than 100 residents. Today, it has four. Hear about the issues these residents are facing from slow-moving encroachment of water on their community.
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