National Maritime Museum of Korea

This guide to the National Maritime Museum of Korea in Busan follows Kang Dong-suk, a young sailor alone on a small boat in the Pacific in 1994, when a radio call home brought news of his father's death. As the eldest son, he weighed the duty to return against a voyage already underway, and chose to keep sailing through the fiercest wave patterns off Africa's Cape of Good Hope. The guide also connects his solitary voyage to the museum's own water-droplet design. Look for his weathered sloop resting in the museum's outdoor garden.