Diane Berol, left, watches as the casket of her husband, John Berol, is lowered into the sea. "As a professional boat captain who has sailed around the world, I'm a semi-radical environmentalist," she ...

Burial at sea is an ancient and time-honored tradition dating back to the time when people first ventured into the open ocean. According to Raina Stoops, “Cremation and sea scattering are a matter of ...

MAYPORT, Fla. — Before 75-year-old Lawrence Brown died in April, he had one request. He wanted Naval Station Mayport to bury him at sea. His widow brought his ashes down to Mayport in August, but ...

(NEXSTAR) – You may only think of military members being buried in the ocean, but the tradition is not just for the armed forces. Given the right set of circumstances, anyone can skip a traditional ...

In a TikTok video shared earlier this year, a family gathered on a boat pushes their loved one’s coffin into the ocean and bids them farewell. The poster wrote in the video’s caption that her mother’s ...

Although there appears to be some room for debate over the burial - as with many issues within the faith - a wide range of Islamic scholars interpreted it as a humiliating disregard for the standard ...

Unknown to most ocean travelers, every major liner carries a couple of coffins and its ship’s doctor is a qualified embalmer. While ship captains by immemorial law of the sea have the right to order ...

Carnival Spirit currently sails a seasonal cruise schedule from Mobile, Alabama.Image source: Carnival Corp. The rate of cremation in the U.S. is increasing, with scattering ashes at sea becoming a ...

Taichung currently has eight tree burial sites across Beitun, Daya, Shengang, Qingshui, Dajia, Dadu, Shalu, and Taiping.

SINGAPORE, October 18, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The city-state has seen an increasing number of individuals turning to sea burials in recent years as societal ...