PASSENGERS aboard P&O Cruises’ Pacific Dawn, Pacific Pearl and Pacific Jewel enjoyed a fabulous view of the Transit of Venus yesterday, via specially issued solar glasses. All three ships are in the Pacific, sailing near New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji, with Pacific Dawn Cruise Director Paul Hancox saying the astronomical...
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PASSENGERS aboard P&O Cruises’ Pacific
Dawn, Pacific Pearl and Pacific Jewel enjoyed a
fabulous view of the Transit of Venus
yesterday, via specially issued solar glasses.
All three ships are in the Pacific, sailing near
New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Fiji, with Pacific
Dawn Cruise Director Paul Hancox saying the
astronomical phenomenon was a very special
and unique occasion.
“The event was a great success and another
once in a lifetime memory that P&O Cruises
has created,” he said.
Cruisers also remembered Captain James
Cook who was sent to the South Seas to view
the Transit of Venus in 1769, before extending
his voyage to land at Botany Bay in 1770.
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