In a time-honored maritime tradition, the shipboard community celebrated Neptune Day as we crossed the Equator for the first time. Uninitiated “Pollywogs” completed a series of ceremonial rites of passage as they begged King Neptune, Lord of the Seas, to grant them passage to the Southern Oceans and give them official status as “Shellbacks.” The majority of students, faculty, and staff voluntarily joined the initiation festivities.
All photos by Danny Askew, Unreasonable Media.
and jumping in the pool, Stephen Brown (University of Dayton) shows his respect to the sea by kissing a fish.
