I took pictures all through the engine room of Polar Prince, presented here mostly without captions or commentary because I don't know enough about the subject. Just the same, I hope you enjoy!
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| Just a couple of Dartmouth girls hanging out! Photo by Martin Lipman |
This is me and Carole. Carole is from Dartmouth, and believe it or not we didn't know each other before we were each selected to join Leg 2 of Canada C3. Carole is a newly retired dental hygienist. She is warm and fun and funny. The life of the party! We got on like a house on fire. Lucky for me, Carole knew someone else on the ship, also from Dartmouth. One of
Polar Prince's engineers, Terry, had been a patient of Carole's, and he offered to take her on a tour of the engine room one morning before breakfast. I happened to be walking by at just the right moment, and poof! Like magic, the invitation was extended to me too. The tour started right then, right there. I happened to be getting out of the shower, heading back to my cabin... hence the towel on my head.
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| Terry and me. |
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| This big wheel is for manual steering and rarely gets used. There are several places on the ship where she can be steered, all of them back-ups should the main steering in the bridge fail. |
After a photo op with the big wheel, I ran back to my cabin and ditched the towel, and the tour continued. First stop... mission control.
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| Commissioner Gordon, manning the controls. He has a direct line to Batman. |
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| See? |
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| Jaunty 1960s Batman angle. |
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