Day 11 Pacific Ocean

Today is another sea day so I thought it would be interesting to tell a little about the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Ocean was named by the explorer Magellan because compared to the Atlantic he considered it peaceful. His term was Pacifico. It is by far the largest ocean on earth. It has about 25,000 islands in it most of which are below the equator. For me, the most unbelievable fact is that at it's deepest point it is 35,979 feet deep which if Mount Everest was positioned at the deepest point would still be about 16,000 feet from breaking the surface of the water. The Mariana Trench is the most notable geologic feature. It is at the bottom of this trench where the deepest point is found. There are three sub-sea mountain ranges which are refered to as "seamounts". In the northern hemisphere the general direction of currents is in a clockwise direction.

OK, enough of the geography lesson. In my defense there is not a lot to see when you are in the middle of the ocean so you start to wonder about the ocean in general. Also it seems early to be reaching for subject matter for the blog, but on a a sea day it happens. This does not bode well for future sea days, so watch out!

Chris - Picture This - The two pictures above were representative of my day today. Every sea day I spend the majority of it in that 100 degree hot tub above looking out at the ocean. I had Paul take the picture with me facing him so you could see what I see when I'm facing the ocean. The other picture is of us eating dinner out on the deck, it's beautiful with candlelight, a warm tropical night and the sound of the ocean. It doesn't get better than that for me. Add in more food, trivia, walking and a spa activity and that's how I spend my sea days. I actually do catch some of the lectures, but it's usually via tape delay on the TV at night.