Hello again my friends from the JOIDES Resolution. We are on our way from Hong Kong to Punta Arenas, Chile (The southern tip of South America). We are a little over a month into our transit and we have about 15 days to go. I'd thought I'd share something noteworthy. We just reached Point Nemo. Anyone heard of it? That's right, it is the location where they filmed Finding Nemo.
No, actually it is an oceanic pole of inaccessibility. It is the point that is furthest from any land mass (about 1600 miles actually) on Earth. If the space station were to fly overhead, we would be closer to them than anyone on land. It is also a major space vehicle cemetery/junkyard. Point Nemo is the target point for decommissioned satellites and space stations. Its name is from a character from Jules Vern's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", Captain Nemo, a Latin name which itself translates to “no one.”
So hello from Point Nemo. Hopefully no one will be decommissioning any space craft while we are here.
No, actually it is an oceanic pole of inaccessibility. It is the point that is furthest from any land mass (about 1600 miles actually) on Earth. If the space station were to fly overhead, we would be closer to them than anyone on land. It is also a major space vehicle cemetery/junkyard. Point Nemo is the target point for decommissioned satellites and space stations. Its name is from a character from Jules Vern's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", Captain Nemo, a Latin name which itself translates to “no one.”
So hello from Point Nemo. Hopefully no one will be decommissioning any space craft while we are here.
