{"id":3740,"date":"2019-08-17T09:38:23","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T14:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2019-08-17T14:20:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T19:20:36","slug":"a-sea-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charleswmoore.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/08\/17\/a-sea-story\/","title":{"rendered":"A Sea Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\nGREAT SEA STORY\n\n\n\n\n\nThe passenger steamer SS Warrimoo was quietly knifing its way through\nthe waters of the mid-Pacific on its way from Vancouver to Australia.\nThe navigator had just finished working\nout a star fix and brought Captain John DS. Phillips, the result. The\nWarrimoo’s position was LAT 0\u00ba 31′ N and LONG 179 30′ W. The date was 31\nDecember 1899. “Know what this means?” First Mate Payton broke in,\n“We’re only a few miles from the intersection of the Equator and the\nInternational Date Line”. Captain Phillips was prankish enough to take\nfull advantage of the opportunity for achieving the navigational freak\nof a lifetime.\n\n\n\n\n\nHe called his navigators to the bridge to check & double check the ship’s position. He changed course slightly so as to bear directly on his mark. Then he adjusted the engine speed.\n\n\n\n\n
\"No<\/figure>\n\n\n\n\nThe calm weather & clear\nnight worked in his favor. At mid-night the SS Warrimoo lay on the\nEquator at exactly the point where it crossed the International Date\nLine! The consequences of this bizarre position were many:\nThe forward part (bow) of the ship was in the Southern Hemisphere & in the middle of summer.\nThe rear (stern) was in the Northern Hemisphere & in the middle of winter.\nThe date in the aft part of the ship was 31 December 1899.\nIn the bow (forward) part it was 1 January 1900.\n\n\n\n\n\nThis ship was therefore not only in:\nTwo different days,\nTwo different months,\nTwo different years,\nTwo different seasons\nBut in two different centuries – all at the same time!\n\n\n\n
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