This is the first of four straight Sea Days. Time to catch up again, or at least try. We did not do much, but we did listen to a lecture by Phil Smart about “Tsunamis in the Pacific” which was very interesting.
One of the takeaways on this voyage is certainly how much geology we have learned. Peter Croyle has spent a good deal of time on it as part of his lectures on human migrations and colonization and especially the impact that the last ice age had on Southeast Asia’s and Australia’s human and animal migration. And we are learning so much about the Ring of Fire, which has had an enormous impact on many of the places we are visiting on this trip such as Japan, New Zealand, Guatemala and so many other Pacific Rim nations. Add to that our enlightenment about the formation of the islands in Polynesia and Hawaii as a result of “hot spots” in the earth’s crust and the shifting continental plates and we have a better understanding of the earth’s geology and its history. A valuable perspective.
Other than that, we must have had a quiet day. A necessarily quiet day. After five port days in the beautiful ambience and scenery of the South Pacific we are ready to kick back and recover from paradise. More activity tomorrow? Maybe.
