Semester At Sea: Aboard the MV Explorer

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A GoNOMAD Photo Gallery

Life Aboard the MV Explorer:
Sony Stark's Semester At Sea

Photographs by Sony Stark and Friends

The MV Explorer, the fastest passenger vessel afloat

Me with Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa

Student Union for films, classes and singing groups

Aft Deck on Barbeque Evening

I can't stay away from guitar-toting musicians!

Profile from a used-to-be pollywog, she's now a
shellback.

These girls both had waist length hair before Neptune Day
cut it all off.

Faculty and Staff Lounge -
private time blogging with my cup of jo

The cafeteria line on Taco Day - My favorite!

Hard to keep my cabin clean -
that's what stewards are for!

Yes, it's tacky but this is how I dry my clothes after I wash
everything in the sink.

Getting set for shark diving

Sunset off Mauritius Island

HALLOWEEN ABOARD THE MV EXPLORER

My Salsa teacher (student) goes Masochistic on me!

Norah, the Mass Communications teacher

It's this the truth!

My Brazilian Crush (NOT A STUDENT!)

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SEMESTER AT SEA continues a tradition of shipboard education dating back to 1926 when the S.S. Ryndam set sail from Hoboken, New Jersey with a full quota of 504 students and a faculty of 63.

The ship covered 41,000 miles and visited thirty-five countries and more than ninety cities, including Shanghai, Hong Kong, Manila, Bangkok, Columbo, Bombay, Haifa, Venice, Gibraltar, Lisbon, and Oslo.

MORE ABOUT THE MV EXPLORER:
The state-of-the-art MV Explorer serves as a fully functional university campus that includes six passenger decks, nine classrooms, a library, a computer lab with internet access, a student union, a campus store, two dining rooms, swimming pool, and a fitness center.
The MV Explorer is a 24,300-ton motor vessel with a length of 590 feet, beam of 84 feet and a draft of 24 feet.
Built in 2002 by Blohm & Voss shipbuilders in Germany, it is billed as the fastest passenger ship afloat today with a cruising speed of 28 knots.