History is shaped by our hands.

I'm probably going to be a little quiet around here for the next week or so.  Though, I will be writing and Mindsay will get to see the fruits of that labor.  After mentioning the SS Norway in passing in a post earlier this week, I decided that I'm going to write much more about her.  But what I want to write about can't be addressed in one single post.  It will probably be a multi-part series about the ship and her demise.  I want to write briefly about her history, then go all nostalgic and write just a little about my experiences with her, but then spend the majority of the posts writing about her final 5 years.  It may not sound that interesting on the surface, but please trust me when I say it is.

The last 5 years is where things really got crazy.  Corporate greed and a corrupt government on the other side of the world not only lead to the loss of the SS Norway, but people's lives as well.  I've spent the last 2 months reading all I could about the tragic end of this great liner.  There is a lot more information out there than I thought there would be, but a lot of it is rumor and speculation presented as fact by people that are just as passionate about the ship as I am, if not more passionate.  It has taken me a long time to cross-reference and validate what was truth vs. what was rumor.  Except for one 30 day period where almost all news about the ship stopped, I've been able to verify everything.  Unfortunately, it was during those 30 days that her fate was sealed and no one is positive about what happened.  I will be speculating about what happened during those 30 days, but I will be sure to point out what is fact and what are my thoughts based on the little information that is available.

As I write this, The SS Norway is being scrapped on a beach on the coast of India.  She can't be saved and there's nothing that can be done but remember her.  The series of posts that will eventually follow this one is going to be one of the ways that I will remember her.  I hope that you'll read them.  If anything, those posts should be a shocking look at the terrible things that some companies and countries can and will do.