Lectures at Sea

Before we left home we anticipated long lazy sea days!  Not so, we are kept very busy primarily by the four different lecturers on board.   Two are professors—one from Australia who tells us about the history of the areas we are visiting.  The other (Princeton ’60!) retired from the US State Department, discusses politics and local economies.  The Destinations Manager, Jasmin, tells us about local culture and tour options at each port.  We sailed with her before and she does a super job.   The last lecturer is a scientist who talks about the oceans and our environment.

The captain told us that today we are crossing the Owen Fracture Zone.  This is a fault which runs along the eastern portion of the Arabian Plate where it meets the Indo-Australian Plate.  For us aboard the Sojurn it means that instead of 3 miles under our keel we only have about two miles!