Helsinki may be the world's second most northerly capital city, after Reykjavik, and it may be lapped by the Baltic, but it can feel almost Mediterranean on a fine August day, with soft, golden light bathing the pastel-colored Italianate buildings around Senate Square, a legacy from Russian rule in the 19th century, and ferries, cruise ships and trawlers filling in a lively marine backdrop.
"Marine survey, marine safety.
But what's bad for ships and sailors is good for divers, at least in this case, where the water is clear, warmed by the Gulf Stream and populated by tropical marine life against the operatic backdrop of the mammoth, ghostly shipwrecks.
Admittedly Bob Crowley's gradually unfolding backdrops of misty marine vistas look supremely impressive.
These factors included robust tissue regeneration, high competitive ability of the corals and a seasonal dieback in the monospecific seaweed bloom, all against a backdrop of an effective marine protected area system and moderate water quality.
Gates, who is English, ended up studying at Newcastle University, where marine-science classes are taught against the backdrop of the North Sea.
On Monday, against the backdrop of the Iwo Jima memorial, several retired marine generals endorsed Mr. Robb.
The tragic story of a doomed romance between an American Marine and an orphaned Saigon prostitute, set against the bloody backdrop of the Vietnam war, was revived in 2014, a quarter of a century after its premiere.
The gradient tones of the marine fish effortlessly mirror the deep sapphires of an ocean backdrop.
After high school, he became a merchant marine and served in Asia, where he first experienced the cultures that would provide the backdrop for many novels.
With the sharks and rays of the Sydney Aquarium soaring and plunging behind him, Australian environment minister Tony Burke matched his press conference backdrop with some lofty rhetoric on his new plan to protect Australia's marine environments.
