New York Times: From the plane flying over the Gulf Islands National Seashore, scientists from the United States Geological Survey were scanning the ocean, trying to find Ship Island. Their maps and G.P.S. system told them they were over its eastern end, but there was no sign of it. ‘I don`t see Ship anywhere,’ said Asbury H. Sallenger, a oceanographer at the Geological Survey who was sitting in the co-pilot`s seat and had the best view. “On the map we see it, but all I see is breakers. There is just …