I just finished “The Wager” and the thought of navigating this in an 18th century sailing vessel is mind-boggling.

I saw that and thought I was hallucinating

There is not. Peak Natalie Merchant and fantastic horn arrangement.

the 10,000 Maniacs song?

The credit card I used for the Shinkansen smartEX app expired and instead of letting me update, it told me to create a new account, but it wouldn’t let me use my email again, so I gave up.