Berth - a bunk on a ship or train, it could also be a place were a ship may be docked or the space at sea a ship occupies

Black ‘berg - another name for a blue ‘berg. Black ‘bergs can be iceberg which are covered in dirt of rock, making them appear a darker color.

Bollard - a metal post on deck that is used when tying the ship to the moorings.

Bow - the front of a ship.

Bridge - a section of a ship, elevated from the main deck, where steering, communications and other ship functions are controlled.

Bulkhead - a partition dividing up the ship, which are often fire and water resistant.

Calved - when an iceberg breaks off into the water from a glacier.

Commutator - an instrument used the measure the degree of the ships list.

Crow's Nest - an elevated part of the ship were the lookouts stand. In sailing ships the crow's net may be placed on one of the masts.

Davit - a kind of crane operated by a pulley for lower the lifeboats into the water from the decks of the ship.

Falls - ropes used for lowering and raising the lifeboats and cargo to and from the decks.

Field Ice - especially large, field sized expanse of ice extending at least five miles across. Any small expanse of ice is an ice floe. (see "floe")

Firemen - crewmen who had the job of keeping steam in the engines by shoveling coal into the boilers or furnaces.

Floe - a large flat body of ice less then five miles across.

Funnel - part of a steam ship that was used as a smokestack.

Gantry - a bridge like scaffolding used in shipbuilding so workers can work on the outside of a ship's hull.

Growler - an iceberg that is less then 15 feet high & 50 feet long.

Hypothermia - potentially fatal malady cause by exposure to cold, resulting in reduced blood flow, which sometimes causes death.

Iceberg - a large, floating piece of ice broken off from a glacier.

Keel - the bottom most part of the running length of a ship in the very center.

Knot - a unit of speed used at sea, roughly equal to 1.15 mph.

Moorings - the ties attacked to the ship to dock it at a pier. The term also applies to the place were the ship is docked.

Morse Code - a system of dots and dashes, used to represent the letters of the alphabet, developed by Samuel F.B. Morse in the early part of the 19th century. These signals can be communicated audibly by telegraph, or visually at night with a blink of a lamp.

Port - the left side of a ship.

Rigging - ropes, chains, & other equipment that are used to maneuver a ship.

Slip - the enclosure were a ship is built.

Starboard - the right side of a ship.

Steerage - the section of the cheapest berths on a passenger ship. This section was usually located in the rear of the ship were the rudder is.

Stern - the rear of a ship.

Swamp - to overturn or partially overturn a boat, causing it to fill with water and making it useless.

Trimmers - kept the firemen supplied with coal, which they gave out in wheelbarrows, such firemen and trimmers were known as "the black gang."

Wireless Telegraphy - the communication used by steamships, which was invented by Guglielmo Marconi.