Tim and I were up again this morning on our second of six sea days to watch Isaac Kenyon’s lecture on “Null Island: Earth’s Coordinate Intersection.” Isaac taught us about the fascinating geographical oddity of Null Island and its unique role in Earth’s coordinates. Since we’ll be “visiting” Null Island tomorrow, I’ll describe it then.
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| Null Island |
Lunch featured another special event – a Crème Brûlée Station. Lots of flavors were available, but I stuck with the classic, which is one of my favorite desserts. It was interesting to see that at least one type of flame is permitted on the ship, since a butane torch was being used to melt the brown sugar topping on the crème brûlée. I watched Chef Tushar take the torch to mine. I love to tap the thin, caramelized layer, hear it crack, and then scoop us the delicate custard.
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| Crème Brûlée Station with Chef Tushar |
Russell Lee presented another lecture this afternoon on “The Quest to Determine the Shape of the World.” He invited us to join the hapless expedition during the eighteenth century to prove whether Earth is shaped like a grapefruit or an egg. Spoiler alert – it wasn’t an egg.
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| The Quest to Determine the Shape of the World |
After enjoying dinner with a Little Asia theme, I returned to writing about one of the amazing places we had visited.
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