channel crossing
Strait passage journey
A channel crossing is a journey across a body of water that separates two landmasses, most commonly referring to crossing the English Channel between Britain and France.
The term appears in contexts ranging from ferry travel to swimming feats to refugee migration: She completed the channel crossing in fourteen hours, Authorities intercepted several boats attempting channel crossings.
- ferryVessel for scheduled crossings
- DoverDelaware's capital city
- White Cliffs of DoverIconic British chalk escarpment
- CalaisFrench port, England-facing
- boatWatercraft for travel
small boats · strait · voyage · sea legs · seasickness · white cliffs · smuggling · migrants · passage · tunnel · Eurostar · waves · seagulls · deck · cargo hold · horizon · coastline · seaside towns
- Aviation HistoryWright Brothers, Wright Flyer, Wright brothers, Kitty Hawk, first flight
- crossingscrosswalk, bridge, intersection, crossroads, junction
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- seamanshipseamanship, steering, anchoring, navigation, chartwork
- DunkirkDunkirk spirit, evacuation routes, rescue boats, Dunkerque, perimeter defense
- English ChannelStrait of Dover, Dover, Calais, Chunnel, Folkestone
channel crossingoverland journey
Travel across solid ground
road trip · rail journey · train travel · Eurotunnel · Channel Tunnel
channel, crossing, channels, channeled, channeling, cross, crosses, crossed, crosser