Where in the World?
It is a perfect day at sea today. The deckhands have climbed the rigging, setting sail for the purpose of transport as well as the guests’ enjoyment. A light wind fills the belly of the sails producing a steady movement of between 4-5 knots. The sun blazes with intensity on deck taking any chill out of the winds. As our prestigious vessel, the Sea Cloud II, sails through the Alboran Sea from Motril to Gibraltar, along Spain’s Costa del Sol, I head to the library for a visual reference from the atlas.
To Gill Grosvenor, grandson of the founder of National Geographic, the teachings of geography are becoming a dying art in desperate need of revival. With more books, internet sites, and information available on the subject, the problem is not a lack of resources. Perhaps it is that information is now available at the click of a button at any given moment. A question about the location of a place can be answered in less than 2 seconds. Emails received in a foreign language can be translated in less than 5 seconds. People carry around tiny flash drives on their key chains and have GPS systems in their cars as extensions of their brain. Perhaps it is not necessary to retain knowledge when so much can be found so quickly.
As technology advances, allowing people to communicate more closely in the world, one may argue there is less of a need for travel and exploration. However, the curiosity to see another place will always exist in certain types of people. It is this group of people that we cater to at Lindblad Expeditions, making it possible for guests to experience cultures firsthand.
It is a perfect day at sea today. The deckhands have climbed the rigging, setting sail for the purpose of transport as well as the guests’ enjoyment. A light wind fills the belly of the sails producing a steady movement of between 4-5 knots. The sun blazes with intensity on deck taking any chill out of the winds. As our prestigious vessel, the Sea Cloud II, sails through the Alboran Sea from Motril to Gibraltar, along Spain’s Costa del Sol, I head to the library for a visual reference from the atlas.
To Gill Grosvenor, grandson of the founder of National Geographic, the teachings of geography are becoming a dying art in desperate need of revival. With more books, internet sites, and information available on the subject, the problem is not a lack of resources. Perhaps it is that information is now available at the click of a button at any given moment. A question about the location of a place can be answered in less than 2 seconds. Emails received in a foreign language can be translated in less than 5 seconds. People carry around tiny flash drives on their key chains and have GPS systems in their cars as extensions of their brain. Perhaps it is not necessary to retain knowledge when so much can be found so quickly.
As technology advances, allowing people to communicate more closely in the world, one may argue there is less of a need for travel and exploration. However, the curiosity to see another place will always exist in certain types of people. It is this group of people that we cater to at Lindblad Expeditions, making it possible for guests to experience cultures firsthand.
