Tag: southern hemisphere
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2026 — A Lunar Eclipse
#FlatHal #FlatStanleyProject #LunarEclipse After we sailed from Auckland, on our way to Waitangi, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, the Flat Friends stayed up as late as they could and tried to take some photos of the lunar eclipse. The Earth slid between the sun and moon, and around the world people tried to get pictures…
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Adventure! Sometimes Adventure Means Adapting and Changing Plans…
#flathal #tonga #tropicalstorm Today, the Captain announced we are adjusting our course to avoid a tropical storm. While we could get to Tonga, we would be hit by 30-foot waves leaving, because of the storm by Fiji! Fiji is approximately 500 miles from Tonga, which sounds like a long way to the Flat Friends. However,…
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The Flat Friends Returned To (Port) Stanley And Our Ship
It was another three hours by 4×4 back to the ship… the majority of that time spent bumping along the trail and chatting with our guide and fellow travelers. Our visit was the end of January and Flat Halena was shocked the schools were just reopening after summer break! It never occurred to her that…
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Navigating By The Stars…
In the age of Pirates, ships didn’t have computers and GPS navigation, but sailors still looked to satellites for help navigating. They looked to “naturally occurring” satellites… the stars in the sky! Using equipment they brought with them, and knowledge passed down for generations about the position of the stars, they could find their way……
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Crossing the Equator!
Today the Flat Friends sailed from the Northern Hemisphere into the Southern, by gliding across an invisible line known as the equator! We made certificates to celebrate: By Royal Decree:To all Mermaids, Whales, Sharks, and Flying Fish of the Deep:Be it known that on this day, the vessel carrying Flat Hal and Flat Halena has…
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Peru is Flat Hal and Flat Stanley’s second country in the Southern Hemisphere this trip!
#flatstanley #flathal #southernhemisphere We were so excited about the Panama Canal that Flat Hal and Flat Stanley didn’t journal about crossing the equator a few hours before we arrived in Manta, Ecuador. (The Captain predicted we would cross the equator around midnight, but none of us stayed up to watch the map and see exactly…