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Treating the ocean as a road instead of a cause of death.
means The practice of traveling, working, or living aboard ships across open water.
from Old English sae (sea) plus faran (to travel, to go) — literally sea-going, from when going to sea was the boldest thing a verb could do.
Same rootFaran also gives us welfare and farewell.
Old gigPolynesians crossed Pacific vastness by reading stars and swells.
Job hazardFor centuries, scurvy killed more sailors than storms.