Daily Update 2.3 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/14/13 Happy Valentines Day! Christopher Columbus, Leif Ericsson! Anyone else want a shot at the title of “first to discover” the Americas? When talking of discovery by Europeans or Africans or Chinese it must be noted that this is only a discovery in the sense that they […]
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Daily Education Update 2.2 Vikings
Daily Update 2.2 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/13/13 Yesterday we learned a little bit about the first people in recorded history to have rowed across the Atlantic. Today we are going to go a bit farther back in history and look at the Viking explorers of the 10th and early 11th century. Popular history […]
Daily Update 2.1 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/12/13 The history of the ocean. Where does one begin? It is such a vast topic that even to begin to understand it would take a lifetime. In the next two weeks we will investigate a few topics that relate to the current expedition. We will begin […]
Week 2: Module 1: 2/8/13 Yesterday we learned about how other ships can find the JRH. Today we will delve into how the JRH and others ships communicate with each other. The main method of communication that ships use is radio. We are all familiar with radios in cars and in our homes. These radios […]