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The Voyage to Darkness eclipse flag was hoisted after
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You're so Vain Carly Simon the #1 hit of 1972-73. NOTE: The eclipse in Nova Scotia was all but clouded-out. Carly Simon's eclipse chaser should have joined ourVoyage to Darkness'72 eclipse cruise which evaded bad weather to rendezvous with totality 900 miles in the North Atlantic.
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SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS CONDUCTED ABOARD ECLIPSE '72The Olympia's Voyage to Darkness |
Holger R. Nelson a philatelist and eclipse cruise passenger assisted the cruise organizers in preparing a philatelic cachet.
ECLIPSE 72The cruise ship T.s.s. Olympia departed from Pier 97, New York on Saturday, July 8 and arrived at the path of totality on July 10, where at approximately 4:47 p.m. EDT the voyagers aboard the floating observatory experienced the memorable sight, the total eclipse of the sun. On board the Olympia were nearly 800 scientists and passengers, many of whom brought special equipment to record and photograph this dramatic event. Following the eclipse the Olympia proceeded to cruise in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and arrived at Gaspe, P.Q. on July 12 for a day of sightseeing and on July 13 tours were taken at Sydney, N.S. ECLIPSE 72 returned to New York, July 15. |
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