CrownCast Episode 94.2

Episode 94.2 is now available for download.

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Hosts: Jamie and Veronica Snyder
Location: Live from the Sea view Cafe aboard Jewel of the Seas
Guest: Pat and John from Florida

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Topics:

• Top news stories and rumors of the week
• A British cruise ship captain has apologized to passengers after accusing them of “behaving like Germans”.
• The Orlando Sentinel reports today that Carnival isn’t ready to pony up the $40 million in surcharges levied retroactively by the cruise lines it owns, at least not yet.
• Pearl Seas Cruises, the newest entrant into the luxury cruise market, has been hit with serious construction delays with its first ship.
• Potpourri -Today - 1794 - The government of the United States establishes a permanent United States Navy and authorizes the building of six frigates.
• On this episode we will have a trip report on a exotic 13 night South American Cruise.
• Punta Arenas is a port city in the Extreme South of Chile. The city has a good infrastructure, in particular an abundance of shops, such as supermarkets, pharmacies and hiking gear shops.
• Punta Arenas (literally in Spanish: “Sands Point”) is the largest settlement on the Strait of Magellan and the capital of Chiles Magallanes y Antártica Region. It has a population of 120,000 (2002).
• It is located on Brunswick Peninsula, 1418 km from the coast of Antarctica.
• Cape Horn island (Dutch: Kaap Hoorn; Spanish: Cabo de Hornos; named after the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile.
• It is widely considered to be the southern tip of South America. Cape Horn is the most southerly of the great capes, and marks the northern boundary of the Drake Passage; for many years it was a major milestone on the clipper route, by which sailing ships carried trade around the world. However, the waters around the cape are particularly hazardous, owing to strong winds, large waves, strong currents and icebergs; these dangers have made it notorious as a sailors’ graveyard.
• Hot Post - Discussion of a hot post on Cruise Critic.com
• Dinning room for lunch? Again?

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The Magellanic Penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus, is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating to Brazil. It is the most numerous of the Spheniscus penguins. Its nearest relatives are the African Penguin, the Humboldt Penguin and the Galápagos Penguin.

 

Running Time: 40:42

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