MV
Explorer Reaches the Center of the Earth
At 12:33 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 26, the MV Explorer crossed the Prime Meridian and the Equator at the exact same time. The ship's captain, Roman Krstanovic, steered the ship slightly off course on the way to South Africa from Ghana for students to have this once in a lifetime experience. This rare occasion makes everyone aboard the ship an Emerald Shellback.
The rarest Shellback status is that of the Emerald Shellback (USA), or Royal Diamond Shellback (Commonwealth), which is received after crossing the Equator at the Prime Meridian. When a ship must cross the Equator reasonably close to one of these Meridians, the ship's captain will typically plot a course across the Golden X so that the ship's crew can be initiated as Golden or Emerald/Royal Diamond Shellbacks.
The rarest Shellback status is that of the Emerald Shellback (USA), or Royal Diamond Shellback (Commonwealth), which is received after crossing the Equator at the Prime Meridian. When a ship must cross the Equator reasonably close to one of these Meridians, the ship's captain will typically plot a course across the Golden X so that the ship's crew can be initiated as Golden or Emerald/Royal Diamond Shellbacks.
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