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Published online 23 December 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031222-1

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Pacific Ocean washes into Bremen museum

New exhibition celebrates Oceania's islands and waters.

During the Second World War, a US submarine crept silently into a tropical bay in the Pacific Ocean. When its microphones picked up the sound of explosions, the concerned captain gave order to ready the torpedoes.

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