Allen
I'm looking at my copy of Through the Looking-Glass now. Neat little
Natives all lined up expectantly. Lewis Carroll (alias the Reverend
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics at Oxford) was
English, so got to be Ostrea edulis!
Jan
In message <[log in to unmask]>, Allen Aigen
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Art-
>What species of oyster did the Walrus and the Carpenter eat? Although
>fleeter of foot than the average oyster, they were eaten anyway.
>Allen
>
>On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 22:16:49 -0500 [log in to unmask] writes:
>> Ah, Rich;-
>> You have hit it---the reason for the question in the first
>> place. It sounds so (shall we say) right!
>> The "Four winds and the seven seas". It has such a nice feeling to
>> it.
>> Art
>> "---and why the sea is boiling hot and whether--- (etc.)"
>> >
>> > From: worldwide <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Date: 2004/01/20 Tue PM 09:48:10 EST
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: Re: 7 is 5
>> >
>> > Leslie and those still counting,
>> >
>> > The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), an
>> intergovernmental
>> > consultative and technical organization with more than 75 maritime
>> member
>> > countries. It was established in 1921 to support safety in
>> navigation and
>> > the protection of the marine environment, and among its many
>> charters,
>> > attempts to bring about the greatest possible uniformity in
>> nautical charts
>> > and documents. As of the year 2000, they have recognized 5
>> oceans.
>> >
>> > The follow is gleaned from EnchantedLearning.com with links to the
>> CIA
>> > Factbook:
>> >
>> > The Earth's oceans are all connected to one another. Until the
>> year 2000,
>> > there were four recognized oceans: the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian,
>> and
>> > Arctic. In the Spring of 2000, the International Hydrographic
>> Organization
>> > delimited a new ocean, the Southern Ocean (it surrounds Antarctica
>> and
>> > extends to 60 degrees latitude).
>> >
>> > There are also many seas (smaller branches of an ocean); seas are
>> often
>> > partly enclosed by land. The largest seas are the South China Sea,
>> the
>> > Caribbean Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea.
>> >
>> > Pacific Ocean
>> > Area (square miles): 64,186,000
>> > Average Depth (ft) :15,215
>> > Deepest depth (ft): Mariana Trench, 36,200 ft deep
>> > http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/zn.html
>> >
>> > Atlantic Ocean
>> > Area: 33,420,000
>> > Average Depth: 12,881
>> > Deepest depth: Puerto Rico Trench, 28,231 ft deep
>> > http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/zh.html
>> >
>> > Indian Ocean
>> > Area: 28,350,000
>> > Average Depth: 13,002
>> > Deepest depth: Java Trench, 25,344 ft deep
>> > http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/xo.html
>> >
>> > Southern Ocean
>> > Area: 7,848,300 sq. miles (20.327 million sq km )
>> > Average depth: 13,100 - 16,400 ft deep (4,000 to 5,000 meters)
>> > Deepest depth: the southern end of the South Sandwich Trench,
>> 23,736 ft
>> > (7,235 m) deep
>> > http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/oo.html
>> >
>> > Arctic Ocean
>> > Area: 5,106,000
>> > Average depth: 3,953
>> > Deepest depth: Eurasia Basin, 17,881 ft deep
>> > http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/xq.html
>> >
>> > That's an official ocean count. From a literary point-of-view,
>> 7-seas
>> > flows off the tongue with a much nicer cadence.
>> >
>> > Rich
>> > On the western shore of the 2nd largest ocean Latitude: 39°
>> 17'North
>> >
>> >
>>
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>>
>>
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