11.   The ancient mariner would have understood.

12.   The discovery is already stirring great scholarly interest because so little is known of the ancient mariners.

13.   The professor sometimes feels like the ancient mariner of the Coleridge poem.

14.   The wrecks proved that, contrary to previous thinking, ancient mariners did not hesitate to venture out on the open sea, beyond sight of land.

15.   They were making fun of the ancient mariner logo on the front of the new Islander uniforms.

16.   With unimpressive academic credentials, Heyerdahl had set to prove his theories that civilizations were spread by ancient mariners aboard flimsy craft by showing that it could be done.

17.   With unimpressive academic credentials, Heyerdahl has set out to prove his belief that civilizations were spread across the globe by ancient mariners.