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Unlike the Sea Cloud, the Sea Cloud II is a newbuilding. The contract for her construction was awarded to the Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondán, SA. The keel laying was held there on 24 June 1998. [1] The rigging was planned and produced by Navicom in Wolgast. The 23 sails were made in Poland. Sea Cloud II was launched on 18 March 1999. [1]
Sea Cloud is a sailing cruise ship owned by Sea Cloud Cruises of Hamburg, Germany.Launched as a private yacht as Hussar V for Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1931, she later served as a weather ship for the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy during World War II, when she became the U.S. military's first racially integrated warship since the American Civil War. [1]
The aircraft flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by the eruption of Mount Galunggung around 110 miles (180 km) south-east of Jakarta, Indonesia, resulting in the failure of all four engines. Partly because the event occurred at night, obscuring the cloud, the reason for the failure was not immediately apparent to the crew or air traffic ...
The Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Fund for conservation and research raises more than $2 million annually, [25] primarily through guest donations, to support projects such as scholarships for students in the Galápagos [26] and the purchase of tags for scientists studying killer whales in the waters surrounding the Antarctic ...
The official Indonesian Navy's history began on 10 September 1945, at the outset of the Indonesian National Revolution.The administration of the early Indonesian government established the People's Marine Security Agency (Badan Keamanan Rakyat Laut/BKR Laut) on 22 August 1945, the predecessor to the modern Indonesian Navy.
The crews tried to fix the problem, but just aggravated it as they pulled the circuit breakers off, causing the protection system to go off. Subsequent miscommunication later caused the plane to plunge into the Java Sea. It remains the third deadliest aviation accident in Indonesia. [125]
Seas of Indonesia are often described as being seas of-- the adjacent larger oceans - such as the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean because of the connectivity - the seas included in this category are found within the current boundary of Indonesia. Indonesia portal; Geography portal
This 'cooling' effect is estimated at between 0.5 and 1.5 °C, and is one of the most important unknowns in climate. [2] Marine cloud brightening proposes to generate a similar effect using benign material (e.g. sea salt) delivered to clouds that are most susceptible to these effects (marine stratocumulus).