| January 23, 2010 |
In Pictures III – Due South |
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Following our departure from Singapore, the crew of the SS The Oceanic served up a spread of fresh dragon fruit, papaya, star fruit and the love-it-or-hate-it king of fruits, durian. |
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A Peace Boat tradition on every voyage is the tropical fruit party, a chance for participants to sample some of the famous produce from warmer climates. Tsurumoto Shoko breaks into a prickly treat – rambutan. |
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Gaja Takeo and other participants got their chance at the wheel of the ship during a series of bridge tours. The SS The Oceanic is a classic steamship built, which made its maiden voyage in 1965. The 240m long vessel will travel 56,820 km (31,567 nautical miles) on its journey around the globe. |
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Just before the stroke of noon on January 13, Peace Boat sailed over the equator – sekidou or ‘red path’, in Japanese – and into the southern seas. Hundreds of participants crowded the pool deck for a ceremony to mark our arrival at 0° latitude. |
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Never shy for the camera, some of Peace Boat’s young participants made the most of their first time sailing over the equator, after passing a symbolic red line over the deck’s open roof. |
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The participants of the 68th Global Voyage had the amazingly good fortune to be in the middle of the Indian Ocean for the longest annular eclipse of the millennium – 11 minutes and 40 seconds. |
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The moon made its way to the center of the sun at 10:34 on January 14 – the day after Peace Boat passed into the southern hemisphere. |
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