My predecessor, Joe Williams, will be the Ship's Librarian on the first half of the Summer Sea Term cruise from May 10 to June 23. He will be blogging his portion of the journey. Support him by checking it out at:
http://thebibliographicmariner.blogspot.com/
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Fare well to the Empire State
The ship has sailed without me. The new, extended Summer Sea Term of 2010 left yesterday with another librarian for the first 6 weeks. Joe Williams, a full-time librarian at SUNY Maritime departed with the ship and will be running things (and BLOGGING on his own BLOG) until we switch off in late June. The College is flying me,along with replacement crew, faculty and students, over to Europe to meet the ship so that we can take over for the final 6 weeks. Most of the original contingent will depart to make room for us. The entire cruise is much longer this year by 1 month and 4,000 miles.
Meanwhile, I continue to make preparations for my voyage. I was able to send off most of my luggage with the ship which will lighten my load for the flight. I'll hit only 3 ports during this cruise out of the 5 for the entire cruise. Once again, I'll see the Atlantic, but this year I'll get much further into the Mediterranean than I ever have. No Arctic this year. Much warmer climates than last.
Meanwhile, I continue to make preparations for my voyage. I was able to send off most of my luggage with the ship which will lighten my load for the flight. I'll hit only 3 ports during this cruise out of the 5 for the entire cruise. Once again, I'll see the Atlantic, but this year I'll get much further into the Mediterranean than I ever have. No Arctic this year. Much warmer climates than last.
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