A Foot in each Hemisphere

Today our group traveled by boat to the town of Greenwich, where one can find the National Maritime Museum, the Greenwich Observatory, and the Prime Meridian. The Prime Meridian is famous for dividing the world between the eastern and western hemispheres, and it also serves as zero degrees longitude. Greenwich is also home to the clocks invented by John Harrison that first allowed longitude to be calculated. Harrison developed clocks that could be taken on board a ship without losing time. We enjoyed a nice lunch at a local pub, and then headed back at about 3PM.