Day 99. Atlantic Ocean. Null Island

Atlantic Ocean. Null Island. Today was an exciting accomplishment when our ship sailed over 0⁰ Latitude and 0⁰ Longitude, the Prime Meridian. That makes me an Emerald Shellback for crossing the Prime Meridian. The Captain circled the point so we could capture this historic moment in time. (We have also achieved Golden Shellback for crossing the International Dateline a month ago and a member of the Order of the Flying Dutchman for Crossing the Cape of Good Hope South of Africa a couple weeks ago.) How cool is that? And if that wasn't exciting enough, a Sperm Whale surfaced and we saw his spout several times for us. Yeehaw!Read more