Head on over to rowboatclassroom.org right now to follow the Adventure: Columbia River expedition live and participate with our adventure educators Leah Shamlian and Rachael Mallon. We could not be happier that these two ladies are part of the first all-female OAR Northwest team in our last five adventures. The crew departed from just above […]
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Daily Update 2.4 Week 3: Module 2: Date 2/15/13 One of the most recent theories of the exploration of the Americas involves the Chinese. The 1421 theory puts forth the ideas that the Chinese had not only discovered the Americas, but had traveled extensively within both continents. This theory is based largely on a map […]
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 […]
Week 2: Module1: 2/6/13 Where is the world is the JRH? And how do you know where it is? Thanks to GPS we can pinpoint things, including ourselves, even in the middle of the ocean. GPS has only been widely used by the public for about the last 15 years but it is hard to […]
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Day 3 – Easing seas, easing tummies
While the email & communication streams are on hold until ocean conditions allow for puke-free email contact, I’ll continue the updates with a shore-side look at the expedition… Got a satellite phone call this afternoon from Adam, aboard what is slowly becoming a more comfortable (if you’ll call it that) ocean rowboat. The winds and seas have […]