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3 unusual facts about Shore Leave


Shore Leave

Shore lead, oceanographic term for a waterway opening between pack ice and shore

Shore leave

Filk musician Leslie Fish recorded a song based on the original Star Trek television series called "Banned from Argo", detailing the debauchery and chaos caused by the Starfleet crew on shore leave.

Shore Leave

Shore leave, the leave that professional sailors get to spend on dry land


Here There Be Tygers

In the original Star Trek episode "Shore Leave", a crew finds a planet where any of their desires once thought are acted out in real life.

Marine World/Africa USA

A few other shows such as Cowboy in Africa, Gentle Ben, as well as an episode of Star Trek ("Shore Leave") were also shot there.

Ralph Helfer

The compound was also used as location for shows such as Daktari and even an episode of Star Trek "Shore Leave".


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Cyril Tawney

The Oggie Man had until that time offered his oggies (pasties) to sailors returning from sea, or from shore leave, from a box at the Albert Gate of the dock.

Jessica Lee Goldyn

The other female romantic counterparts of the three sailors on shore leave in the Big Apple will be Leslie Kritzer as Hildy Esterhazy and Jennifer Laura Thompson as Claire DeLoone.

Let No-One Live Rent Free in Your Head

Track 13 contains a sample of "Shore Leave" performed by Tom Waits.