We won't bore you with our day today, I just tell you it was very busy. We lost an hour as well last night, so slot of people were sleeping in.
Little history this morning as we cross the Atlantic Ocean.
With 4 ports done in Brazil, we head across the Atlantic.
The Atlantic Ocean, the second largest of the earth's 4 oceans, and the most heavily traveled. Only the Pacific Ocean is larger covering about twice the area of the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic is divided into two nominal sections: The part north of the equator is called the North Atlantic; the part south of the equator, the South Atlantic. The ocean's name is derived from Atlas, one of the Titans of Greek mythology. The Atlantic Oceans is essentially an S-shaped north south channel, extending from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Antarctic continent in the south and situated between the eastern coast of the American continents and the western coasts of Europe and Africa.
The Atlantic Ocean proper has a surface area of about 82 million sq km (about 31,660,000 sq mi). Including its marginal sea's - the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, the Arctic Ocean, and the North, Baltic, Mediterranean and the Black sea's, the total area is about 106,190,000 sq km (about 41 million sq mi).
The Atlantic Ocean has a average depth of 3,926 m (12,881 ft). At its deepest point, in the Puerto Rico Trench, the bottom is 8,742 m (28,681 ft) below the surface. The Atlantic receives the waters of many of the principal rivers of the world, among them are the mighty St. Lawrence, Mississippi, Orinoco, Amazon, Paran'a, Congo, Niger, and the Loire, and the rivers that emptying into the North, Baltic, and the Mediterranean seas. The Atlantic is slightly more saline than the Pacific or Indian oceans because of the Mediterranean emptying out.
So tonight for they had a special South American Dinner in the Terrace Grill. For a change we went up to it and it was wonderful. Had some shrimp and a small piece of steak which was very very good.
Had some of this for dessert. The show last night was a cooking competition called " Battle of the Chefs". Very very funny.
Another sea day tomorrow. Love them....
Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.- Seneca
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