wats@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Bruce Watson) (06/18/91)
MONDAY, 2ND JULY, 1973. At Sea.
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CARIBBEAN ECLIPSE CRUISE
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CUNARD ADVENTURER
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MEAL TIMES
Breakfast 7.00 a.m. 8.15 a.m.
Lunch Noon 1.30 p.m.
Dinner 6.30 p.m. 8.30 p.m.
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TODAY'S EVENTS
6.30 a.m. Birding session with Jim Thomas on the ship's
fantail. This is your last morning to scan the
ship's wake at some distance from land.
6.45 a.m. MUSIC IN THE AIR: A popular program of spirited
melodies.
7.00-8.00 a.m. Early Bird Special - Coffee served on deck for
early risers. POOL SIDE
9.30 a.m. POOL BAR OPENS
9.30-10.30 a.m. TOUR TALK - Cruise Director, Brian Price, will
discuss what to see and what to do in St. Thomas,
transportation to the top of the mountain that
night, and shipping in Charlotte Amalie during
the day. At the request of many passengers he
will also tell some "tales of the islands" we
have visited during our voyage: MAYFLOWER ROOM
10.45-11.45 a.m. Class Periods.
10.45-11.34 a.m. PLANETARY PROBES
- Ronald Oines
Near future investigation systems:
Jupiter Fly-bys, Viking, Pioneer,
Venus-Mercury 1978. MAYFLOWER ROOM
LIFE ON OCEANOGRAPHIC SHIPS
- Peter Vogt
In order for students to see and excellent
color film made aboard an oceanographic
expedition, this class will be extended to
noon. CINEMA
ASTRO-PHOTOGRAPHY
- Bill Swann & Dick Madigan
This will be a preparation session for those
planning to participate in the night trip
at St. Thomas to Etelman Observatory.
CASINO
DRAWING/ART
- Kerry O'Quinn
This final session will include figure
drawing from the model as well as a start
on decorations for the musical revue.
The class will last until noon. POOL BAR
11.45 a.m. LUNCHTIME COCKTAIL HOUR in the SKY ROOM and POOL BAR
11.45 a.m. MUSIC IN THE AIR: Part one of a programme featuring
the romantic operetta music of the great Hungarian
composer Emmerich Kalman.
2.45-5.00 p.m. Class Periods.
2.45-3.45 p.m. THE WILD WINDS IN THE ATMOSPHERE OF THE
GIANT PLANET JUPITER
- Norman Macdonald
MAYFLOWER ROOM
2.45-3.45 p.m. CHANGING INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SKY - PART IV
- Von Del Chamberlain
CINEMA
CONTINENTAL DRIFT AND OTHER RIDDLES
- Peter Vogt
CASINO
4.00-5.00 p.m. THE SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION PROJECT
- Ronald Oines
The activities and services of this group,
with focus on what is provided for the
teaching profession.
MAYFLOWER ROOM
NEW FRONTIERS IN ASTRONOMY
- George Abell
This session will include a lengthy period
covering any questions on astronomy.
CASINO
ASTRONOMY THROUGH SCIENCE-FICTION
- Von Del Chamberlain
The conclusion in this program.
CINEMA
PRECOMPUTING TIME OF MERIDIAN PASSAGE
OF THE SUN
- Frances Wright
Use of Circle Position and finding time
and longitude from the moon.
SKY ROOM
5.15-6.15 p.m. MODERN EXPLORATION
- Walter Shirra
A special lecture on man's search into
new frontiers.
The last decade in the Mercury, Gemini
and Apollo space programs.
MAYFLOWER ROOM
Today's schedule is the final presentation
of classes in our Science at Sea program.
5.30 p.m. COCKTAIL RENDEZVOUS in the SKY ROOM and POOL BAR.
6.15 p.m. MUSIC IN THE AIR: Part two of Emmerich Kalman
selections.
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"THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL"
and
"BENEATH THE SEAS OF CEYLON"
6.30 p.m., 8.45 p.m. and 11.00 p.m.
(The short subject will be introduced by
Arthur C Clarke, its producer and co-director.
The Short will begin at 8.00 and 10.00 p.m.
The 11.00 p.m. presentation will be the feature only.)
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NO SMOKING PLEASE
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8.00-9.00 p.m. SKY INTERPRETATION
Von Del Chamberlain's last open-air session
COMPASS DECK
NOTICE = Deck lights in this area will be extinguished
for SKY INTERPRETATION sessions. Passengers
are warned to be cautious on stairways.
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9.00 p.m. SPORTSMAN 329 CASINO
Opens for your gaming pleasure.
(Persons under 18 years not admitted)
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9.30 p.m. DANCING to the sound of the
AL WYNN BAND with JACKIE LYNN
followed by
REPRISE SHOWTIME
SCOTT MCKAY
EL PAYO
SHEILA WHITE
MANNY WILLIAMS
HEATHMORE
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11.00 p.m. IN THE SKY ROOM
Dance away the night
with
MISTY
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MIDNIGHT - Buffet will be served in the Restaurant.
[I did not want to miss the PLANETARY PROBES class. The Apollo
lunar program was still a fresh memory. Skylab was going on. The
future promised bigger and better. But it would be 8 years before
Americans were back in space. Meanwhile, the focus would be the
automated exploration of the solar system. That year Pioneer 10 and
11 flew by Jupiter; the next year Mariner 10 would map Mercury
(What would it look like? The Moon!); in 1976 the two Vikings would
land on Mars (Was there life? No!); and in 1977 the Voyagers would
be launched on their "Grand Tours" of the outer solar system.
We were sailing between the islands of Guadeloupe and Montserrat
on the way to St. Thomas. (The track of totality of the eclipse of
1998 February 26, Thursday, passes here over the islands of
Antigua, Montserrat and Guadeloupe.) Dr. Wright seemed to be very
nervous. She was worried that the ship was sailing much too close
to some of smaller islands and said so.
A small group stood on the BOAT DECK on the starboard side as we
came back into the Caribbean sea. After five days of nothing but
open ocean, land held us fascinated. We steamed quite close to the
tiny island of Redonda. Dr. Williams, the geologist explained to
us: "This uninhabited rock was an ancient volcanic plug whose
volcano had eroded away." We could see that it had split; one half
sliding into the sea. Arthur Clarke was in this group. The late
afternoon sun shown through cumulus cloud with shafts of sunlight.
Clarke said something like, "It looks almost biblical". I was
disappointed that such a voluminous author could not come up with
something more imaginative. For the second time during the voyage,
and should have known better, I spoke up: "Those are called
crepuscular rays." I expected Dr. Clarke to agree and perhaps give
a physical explanation of their occurrence. He look back at me and
said, "Huh?". Maybe he didn't hear me. I repeated and he answered,
"Oh". Though it is too much to expect anyone to be poetic and/or
knowledgeable all the time, I thought that this fact to be well
within this prodigious author's storehouse of trivia. Maybe it is
now.
I missed Wally Schirra's MODERN EXPLORATION lecture. I don't
remember why. I'd been waiting the entire voyage to hear it. Others
told me it was very good. He delivered it with his uniquely
humorously style.
I passed Dr. Wright in a passageway. The competition from the other
classes was too great and I had skipped the last few of hers. But
she remembered me. I explained that I was interested, primarily,
in the use of the sextant since that was the one thing that
learning navigation inland I could not do and that I got to do it
earlier. She told me that if I needed anything or had any questions
to write her at Harvard. Repeatedly, in the years following, I
found that while engineers kept their proprietary knowledge pretty
much to themselves, scientists are willing to share readily what
they know.]
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