Somebody, got a new job...
Posted on 06/09/2021 2:21:13 PM PDT by algore
Those familiar with the Southern Ocean, the body of water encircling Antarctica, know it’s unlike any other.
“Anyone who has been there will struggle to explain what's so mesmerizing about it, but they'll all agree that the glaciers are bluer, the air colder, the mountains more intimidating, and the landscapes more captivating than anywhere else you can go,” says Seth Sykora-Bodie, a marine scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and a National Geographic Explorer.
Since National Geographic began making maps in 1915, it has recognized four oceans: the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, and Arctic Oceans.
Starting on June 8, World Oceans Day, it will recognize the Southern Ocean as the world’s fifth ocean.
“The Southern Ocean has long been recognized by scientists, but because there was never agreement internationally, we never officially recognized it,” says National Geographic Society Geographer Alex Tait.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalgeographic.com ...
And Pluto is no longer a planet.
I can only name four without ‘accidentally’ Goggling it first.
a. Pacific Ocean
b. Atlantic Ocean
c. Indian Ocean
d. (new!) Southern Ocean
c. TBA
It’s the Woke Ocean, and we are all drowning in it.
Waste of effort and money.
Ol’ Sol controls the Erf; nothing else does.
LOL...you win!
“And Pluto is no longer a planet.”
Seriously? That is just Goofy
Arctic?
Ok, I thought we always had 5. Arctic, Indian, Antarctic, Atlantic and Pacific.
I was thinking "Front Ocean."
Hey, let’s be consistent. It’s either Arctic Ocean and Antarctic Ocean or Northern Ocean and Southern Ocean.
5. Ocean Of Debt
Somebody, got a new job...
Oh yes!! But of course!
I thought it might be something with an ‘A’, but was not sure.
I almost said “Atlantis” as in Donovan’s “Hail Atlantis!” song.
In every sailing magazine I’ve read over the past 25 years The Roaring 40s have always been referred to as the Southern Ocean.
Arctic
LOL! I never understood the difference between the Atlantic and the Sargasso Sea
What about Billy Ocean?
Southern Ocean. Will it secede one day and fight the oceans of Northern aggression?
Those are the 5 oceans.
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