DURING DECEMBER 1946 OUR SHIP, THE SEAPLANE TENDER USS CURRITUCK AV-7, VENTURED SOUTH TOWARD THE ANTARCTIC OCEAN FROM THE U.S. NAVAL AIR STATION LOCATED AT SAN DIEGO, CA. 

THE VOYAGE DOWN THE PACIFIC OCEAN WENT FROM THE EARTH'S NORTHERN HEMISPHERE TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE, PAST THE EQUATOR. 

OUR CREW OF SWABBIES INCLUDED OLD SALTS WITH MEGA YEARS OF SHIPBOARD DUTY, AND OTHERS WHO WERE NEW TO THE RITUALS OF EQUATORIAL ENLIGHTENMENT.