Portal:Oceans/Facts/4

• Croatian oceanographer Mira Zore-Armanda had difficulty gaining passage on research vessels because she was a woman.

• The Swedish American Line was the first transatlantic shipping company to operate a diesel-engined ocean liner.

• American actress Susan Oliver, after surviving a plane crash that almost ended her life, became the first woman to fly a single-engined aircraft solo from New York City across the Atlantic Ocean.