The sea has been an endless source of fascination, at once both alluring and mysterious, a place of wonder and terror. The Sea Journal contains first-hand records by a great range of travellers of their encounters with strange creatures and new lands, full of dangers and delights, pleasures and perils. In this remarkable gathering of private journals, log books, letters and diaries, we follow the voyages of intrepid sailors, from the frozen polar wastes to South Seas paradise islands, as they set down their immediate impressions of all they saw. They capture their experiences while at sea, giving us a precious view of the oceans and the creatures that live in them as they were when they were scarcely known and right up to the present day. In a series of biographical portraits, we meet officers and ordinary sailors, cooks and whalers, surgeons and artists, explorers and adventurers. A handful of contemporary mariners provide their thoughts on how art remains integral to their voyaging lives.

大海一直是无尽的魅力之源，既迷人又神秘，是一个充满奇迹和恐怖的地方。《海洋日志》包含了大量旅行者的**手记录，他们与陌生生物和新大陆的相遇，充满了危险和欢乐，欢乐和危险。
在这个汇集了私人日记、航海日志、信件和日记的非凡聚会中，我们跟随勇敢的水手们的航行，从冰冻的极地荒原到南海的天堂群岛，他们写下他们所看到的一切的即时印象。它们捕捉了它们在海上的经历，让我们看到了珍贵的海洋和生活在其中的生物，就像它们几乎不为人知的时候一样，直到今天。在一系列的传记肖像中，我们遇见了军官和普通的水手、厨师和捕鲸船手、外科医生和艺术家、探险家和冒险家。一些当代的海员提供了他们的想法，关于艺术如何仍然是他们航海生活的一部分。