Atlantic crossing with ATLANTIC SKY (Part 2)

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  • Опубликовано: 10 дек 2024

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  • @69all4fun1
    @69all4fun1 6 лет назад +5

    Having served in the Royal Canadian Navy, the video entering Halifax harbour brings back so many fond memories. Thanks!! :)

  • @Mandara8
    @Mandara8 5 лет назад +11

    Great video!
    3rd officer Daryl seem to be such a responsible and professional young man, who takes his duties with the highest amount of seamanship

  • @Dr.Pepper001
    @Dr.Pepper001 5 лет назад +4

    This was a magnificent 2-part video. I always wanted to cross an ocean on a modern container ship as a guest. I'm now way too old to ever do it. But you have allowed me to vicariously live my fantasy adventure.

  • @erwin4501
    @erwin4501 5 лет назад +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed your fascinating footage, excellent !

  • @smithy280663
    @smithy280663 5 лет назад +2

    great videos!!! Thanks for posting them!

  • @mariontaylor3523
    @mariontaylor3523 5 лет назад +4

    Wow! Thanks for the crossing. I watch you coming and going from Halifax, but this is first crossing for me!

  • @miltbell1873
    @miltbell1873 5 лет назад +1

    Beautiful job..........1st Class presentation.

  • @jackharrison6771
    @jackharrison6771 3 года назад

    Great ship, hood and a happy, friendly crew- what more could anyone want.

  • @marciejameson4838
    @marciejameson4838 3 года назад

    Loved the journey - Nashville, Tennessee!

  • @chrisbarry7836
    @chrisbarry7836 5 лет назад +1

    Great informative video .Many thanks .

  • @mohdidzuansukri4769
    @mohdidzuansukri4769 Год назад +2

    Sultan.sambas..

  • @rustyshakleford6553
    @rustyshakleford6553 3 года назад

    Cool video. Halifax was home for a few years. It is a beautiful city.

  • @neiwtonpereira8807
    @neiwtonpereira8807 5 лет назад +5

    Hello, I'm Brazilian and I loved your videos. Congratulations on showing us your work.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

  • @whathasxgottodowithit3919.
    @whathasxgottodowithit3919. 3 года назад +1

    I enjoyed that one, great series. Regarding practice launches of that type of Life Boat, that's the easy part, getting them back on the gantry can be a challenge :-)

  • @trecker59
    @trecker59 5 лет назад +1

    GREAT VIDS, NICE TO SEE MY HOME TOWN OF LIVERPOOL.

  • @gsx1250fast
    @gsx1250fast 6 лет назад +4

    fantastic quality video, let's have some more, please. :)

  • @nordinjk4788
    @nordinjk4788 5 лет назад +1

    Great video

  • @rolfhuntemann1899
    @rolfhuntemann1899 6 лет назад +1

    Moin Moin von einem ehemaligen Nordlicht! Until July 2018 I lived in Halifax, awesome to see the city from a sailor's view. As a truck driver I often carried ACL (and other lines') container out of the terminal and across the MacKay Bridge (the second in the video).

  • @martiniv8924
    @martiniv8924 3 года назад

    Originally from 1948’ to 1985’ weather ships surveyed the Atlantic collecting weather data , and if rescue was required , now Buoys and cargo vessels do the same, interesting journey 👌🏻

  • @henkzaanstad5857
    @henkzaanstad5857 6 лет назад

    Very nice people on board, nice video movie........greetings from holland

  • @Orchardman53
    @Orchardman53 5 лет назад +4

    An excellent video. Just a small correction on the sub-titles, it is "Lifeboat" not "Liveboat".

  • @darklord1134
    @darklord1134 6 лет назад +1

    Great video thanks

  • @hughrobertwright
    @hughrobertwright 5 лет назад

    looks like you had a good Atlantic crossing, by pure coincidence I sailed out of Liverpool to Iceland only a few days later, Fascinated to know how they can keep track of each container, i.e. where it is going from/to and what is inside, so they can be loaded/unloaded in order and tracked

  • @geishlichkeit
    @geishlichkeit 5 лет назад +2

    Wishing very much that all of you are always safe during your journey. Thanks

  • @DomoviluMelimilla
    @DomoviluMelimilla 6 лет назад +5

    La verdad: me interesaría más hacer el viaje en uno de estos, que en uno de esos cruceros superlujosos para ricachos. Este es un buque serio!

  • @danachappell3861
    @danachappell3861 5 лет назад

    Halifax, NS, Canada, is a city. It may not be as big as some, but to us, it's a big city. lol I'm Canadian, and have been in Halifax and Dartmouth (sister city to Halifax on other side of river). I live about a 4 hr. drive away from there in New Brunswick.

  • @oribiojunior1356
    @oribiojunior1356 6 лет назад +2

    Boa noite amados, parabéns pelo belo vídeo, o navio é magnífico muito lindo e bonito, saudades do mar. Que nosso Deus ilumine sempre suas vidas e família, que proteja todos desta bela profissão.

  • @austin1839
    @austin1839 5 лет назад +2

    I like the design. Very safe and able to hold cargo in place.

    • @markcontracting3303
      @markcontracting3303 5 лет назад

      Pretty boring stuff, why post?

    • @darklord1134
      @darklord1134 5 лет назад

      Also biggest vessels of there type in the world, built to withstand the northern Atlantic sea winter.

  • @dcimports3517
    @dcimports3517 5 лет назад +1

    Are you allowed to wonder the ships decks as you please? Or only when guided by a crew member?

    • @helgechristiansen4996
      @helgechristiansen4996  5 лет назад +1

      Before entering the ship bridge, I always asked if I could enter. they always agreed. ship engine only accompanied

    • @dcimports3517
      @dcimports3517 5 лет назад +1

      Helge Christiansen Cool, I’m going on one in Feb, how about the bow etc can you just walk around? Or do you have to stay in the middle living quarters? What about smoking, i presume there’s an area outside? Thanks

    • @helgechristiansen4996
      @helgechristiansen4996  5 лет назад +2

      every ship has its own rules. if you go on board the captain will explain everything in detail

  • @eskertoo
    @eskertoo 4 года назад

    Amazing to see Daryl alone on the bridge.How is the ship steered?I photograhed this vessel leaving Liverpool yesterday from across the Mersey.And just by chance I was looking up the ship's details online and discovered these videos.Wonderful!

  • @tip00former1
    @tip00former1 5 лет назад +3

    This third officer does everything on the ship :-)

  • @ph11p3540
    @ph11p3540 5 лет назад +2

    My my, how my former home town of Halifax has grown up and modern looking. I bet the water is clean enough in the harbor to swim in even. I hope to move back when I retire as I can't stand the dead smell of the prairies. There is no better smell to wake up to than salty air.

  • @inspiredscreens
    @inspiredscreens 5 лет назад +1

    Very nice video. Thank you! Just a small thing, but is it "liveboat" or "lifeboat"? :)

  • @pierrecharbonneau8560
    @pierrecharbonneau8560 5 лет назад +1

    Halifax is a beautiful and wonderful place. A place I call home. Come visit

  • @shingodzillathelazarus8675
    @shingodzillathelazarus8675 5 лет назад +4

    Is Thats Titanic Sunk Attempt?

  • @davidsumrell1070
    @davidsumrell1070 3 года назад

    Fascinating

  • @slit4659
    @slit4659 5 лет назад

    I worked at Shell Oil in Martinez Calif in 1990 on the Wharf..We we're putting in a Vapor Recovery System for the Ships...I'm a Retired UA 342 Welder....When the Ships came in we had to Stop Welding...The Guys on the Ships got off and just wanted to know where the closest Bar was...The Ships were from Different Countries and most of the Guys couldn't or barely spoke English... We got the Guys a Taxi and we'd tell the Driver to take them to the nearest Bar....Some of the Guys Stayed behind and Painted thier Country Flag on the Pier...Some of the Guys were Puking the next Day as they were trying to ask us where they could go...Sight seeing...At the gas stations the pumps had two hoses back then and that was to recover the vapors coming off the Gas...So you can imagine the size on the Pipe they needed to get the Vapor from a Ship...I think we ran a 12",8", and a 4" line out to the Ship....

  • @HenryMulder53
    @HenryMulder53 3 года назад

    I hope you read this comment. I see the Atlantic Sky is also a Ro-Ro ship. Is it possible to book a passage from Antwerp to Halifax and also taking an RV with you? And for the return voyage in a few months from New York to Antwerp?

    • @helgechristiansen4996
      @helgechristiansen4996  3 года назад +1

      Dear Henry!
      Yes, it is possible! Contact Grimaldi. It is their Job to carry everything

  • @AgentRafa
    @AgentRafa 5 лет назад +3

    This is very interesting for a ship nerd like me, thank you so much for sharing.
    But please, I beg you: turn the music volume down. I can barely hear the people talk so I turn up the volume and then boooom VERY LOUD MUSIC. It's terrible.
    But apart from that I appreciate this series:-)

    • @AgentRafa
      @AgentRafa 5 лет назад

      This is worse than episode 1, I can't hear shit. Such a shame, this could've been great, but it sucks. Fucking music. And one of the tracks are overused on YT if you watch yacht reviews you know what I mean. Grrrrrrr

    • @wellcraft19
      @wellcraft19 5 лет назад

      @@AgentRafa , reason you hear it so much is that it is music that lives under the free domain and does not require obtaining any rights from the rightsholder. There is plenty of music available but it comes at a price. For hobby channels like these, enjoy what they are offering and the fact that copyrights are respected.

    • @AgentRafa
      @AgentRafa 5 лет назад

      @@wellcraft19 Like I said; I do appreciate it. read my comment one more time, it had nothing to do with copyrights.
      Cheers.

  • @Medionxtr
    @Medionxtr 5 лет назад +1

    Why Weatherballons ? in year 2018 ?!

  • @lcflcf1
    @lcflcf1 6 лет назад +1

    Amazing ship!

  • @michaelbruchas6663
    @michaelbruchas6663 5 лет назад +1

    Is the crew multi-lingual?

  • @Gusrikh1
    @Gusrikh1 5 лет назад

    Very interesting..

  • @doodstierra8282
    @doodstierra8282 6 лет назад +5

    The weather baloon is rubber......it will soon land in Atlantic waters...a deadly bait for sea creatures such as turtles and fish alike.

  • @SillyPutty3700
    @SillyPutty3700 5 лет назад +3

    I was surprised the crew were not in uniform especially the officers

    • @77sailordude
      @77sailordude 5 лет назад +3

      I am merchant mariner since 1997 and I have beem working as officer on cargovessels since 2001, and now as master, I have never used a uniform :) it is mostly on cruise ships they use uniforms.. I have only had to use uniform in some shipyard seremony and stuff like that. It is much more comfortable to use your normal clothes and regular working clothes when on deck off course..

    • @hurri7720
      @hurri7720 3 года назад

      It's not the navy or an airplane but the merchant navy.

  • @JoeSmith-om9dv
    @JoeSmith-om9dv 5 лет назад +1

    How much it cost to go on the ship ?

    • @sdimas73
      @sdimas73 5 лет назад

      I don't know about this ship but typical is Eu 150 and average cuise ship is less than Eu100.

    • @helgechristiansen4996
      @helgechristiansen4996  5 лет назад +2

      1500 Euro

  • @rahepla
    @rahepla 6 лет назад

    I did really enjoy, same as 1st part...

  • @bslgamer99
    @bslgamer99 5 лет назад +1

    Best of luck

  • @CarlosPestonit
    @CarlosPestonit 5 лет назад

    Good video of life on board a container ship🚢👍

  • @cestmoi1262
    @cestmoi1262 5 лет назад +1

    I think in case of emergency you are doomed! How will you find your way to the "Life Boat" when you're all excited? Besides, the drop to the water may make you think twice: is this really necessary?

    • @hurri7720
      @hurri7720 3 года назад

      Yes, also the safest possible way, also note it's from the stern and not from the side, and that you might work out yourself.

  • @jackashe3032
    @jackashe3032 5 лет назад +1

    How much the fair for that fabulous trip each person

  • @asepwidodo2246
    @asepwidodo2246 6 лет назад +1

    what is the background song title?

  • @TheDabiyog
    @TheDabiyog 4 года назад

    Wow....pinoy everywhere..

  • @chicagomike
    @chicagomike 5 лет назад

    What does this cost?

  • @ex-trucker1674
    @ex-trucker1674 5 лет назад +1

    more of this ! the other side of the earth ?

  • @wasimjaan3300
    @wasimjaan3300 5 лет назад +2

    Sulzar, wartsila😍

    • @hurri7720
      @hurri7720 3 года назад

      Sulzer Wärtsilä

  • @billiardsandsnookervideosn8319
    @billiardsandsnookervideosn8319 5 лет назад

    Great video, a very neat idea, I ever get the chance THEN
    I would go too. N

  • @shingodzillathelazarus8675
    @shingodzillathelazarus8675 5 лет назад +2

    Is Thats Bigger Than Titanic!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @darklord1134
      @darklord1134 5 лет назад

      Yes, the Titanic was only a small ship compared to the behemoths of today.

    • @patagualianmostly7437
      @patagualianmostly7437 2 года назад

      @@darklord1134 This is a small Containership.....by modern containership standards.
      But it is also very specialist in that in can carry Cars, Lorries, buses...even yachts in her holds.
      Most container ships cannot enter Liverpool docks: (Seaforth) the locks are very small by modern standards.
      Compare this with the "MV Ever Given" which got stuck in the Suez Canal back in March. (2022)
      It's about a third of the size.
      When container ships became "popular" they built Seaforth in Liverpool with no foresight whatsoever.
      It can only handle what are known as "shuttle container ships".
      Felixstowe in Suffolk is the UK's biggest container port..... and every container has to travel by lorry to all corners of the UK.... What a complete mess. Massive congestion. Pollution and misery.
      A modern, full sized container port is needed in the North of the country..... Where is the "levelling up"?
      Yup...Our Government is totally inept. Don't expect any change soon.

  • @kpmariner1998
    @kpmariner1998 5 лет назад +2

    I’m surprised the officer on watch is permitted to sit down, usually it isn’t

    • @hurri7720
      @hurri7720 3 года назад +1

      Not true at all. And by the way, what would be the great advantage having a guy stand for his 4 hours at the bridge. The Empire, the Quen perhaps or what.

  • @ottavva
    @ottavva 5 лет назад

    4:44 is launching a weather balloon not dangerous to air traffic ??

    • @helgechristiansen4996
      @helgechristiansen4996  5 лет назад

      No it is not. The weight is minimal

    • @ottavva
      @ottavva 5 лет назад

      @@helgechristiansen4996 it's not about the mass, it's about the size and shape; a collision with an object, however small/light is always a danger

    • @helgechristiansen4996
      @helgechristiansen4996  5 лет назад

      @@ottavva please contact www.dwd.de for more Information about this "danger"

  • @TheNationEyes
    @TheNationEyes 5 лет назад +1

    Great time

  • @IchimokuCloud
    @IchimokuCloud 5 лет назад +1

    I really don't understand the economics of a CONRO vessel. Aside from the additional construction Capex, would be much more efficient to just loan and unload containers from a typical box carrier. Ultra Large Container Ships seem to be the economical way to move containers.

    • @wellcraft19
      @wellcraft19 5 лет назад +1

      Mixed cargo? Like cons on top and i.e. vehicles or other non-containerized cargo below. Can make sense when calling on the "not mega=ports".

  • @sahatham789
    @sahatham789 5 лет назад +1

    The seat like on baber and saloon.

  • @divox9pqr
    @divox9pqr 6 лет назад

    Can anyone tell me how do you arrange to buy passage on the ACL Atlantic Sky?

    • @guesswho7664
      @guesswho7664 6 лет назад

      Rodney Morgan Brown Get in touch with them directly but it ain't cheap ..

    • @hansemcito
      @hansemcito 5 лет назад

      @@guesswho7664 do you know about how much it costs to travel on a cargo/container ship across the atlantic or pacific?

    • @patrickdelaney6507
      @patrickdelaney6507 5 лет назад

      Normally it cost about $100 per day

  • @stuartlee6622
    @stuartlee6622 5 лет назад

    Is there a place to sit outside and read a book?

  • @futurepilot6749
    @futurepilot6749 3 года назад

    Cool

  • @ericgriffin44
    @ericgriffin44 6 лет назад

    How long did it take from u.s,a across the Atlantic to next stop.

  • @moofx9906
    @moofx9906 5 лет назад +2

    Hi I'am From Indonesia:)

  • @snubbedpeer
    @snubbedpeer 6 лет назад +2

    Helge, det heter livbåt på norsk, men lifeboat på engelsk.

  • @pavelavietor1
    @pavelavietor1 5 лет назад +1

    Hello is a big ship. Saludos

  • @TheLassenman
    @TheLassenman 5 лет назад

    Do this ship goto Azorene if needed? @Helge Christiansen

  • @Zildorn
    @Zildorn 5 лет назад +2

    It's a life boat not a live boat

  • @janhulsbergen4029
    @janhulsbergen4029 6 лет назад +12

    every day a balloon in the ocean for information , that's this vessel. How many vessels are worldwide in ocieans
    , that is a lot of plastic dat op deze manier in de ocianen terecht komt .

    • @ronaldmorrison6013
      @ronaldmorrison6013 6 лет назад +2

      I was looking to see if anyone else thought that.

    • @bas6983
      @bas6983 5 лет назад +2

      Not all vessels launch balloons. The weather messages are normally being prepared by handomatic means and your eyes. The only nformation gathered is vital importance to create a proper idea of the climate and changes. Shore/landbased meteo stations are launching balloons everyday and may-be upto 4 a day. Its not for fun but to provide us with a weather forcast thats reliable for more than a few hours ahead.

    • @MonkPetite
      @MonkPetite 5 лет назад +3

      The balloons are made of degradable material.
      Only the plastic censor is left .. but still that’s suck too.

  • @wasimjaan3300
    @wasimjaan3300 5 лет назад

    Is it japanese ship?

  • @JoeSmith-om9dv
    @JoeSmith-om9dv 5 лет назад +1

    Only 2 crew on that ship ?

  • @nederlander66
    @nederlander66 5 лет назад

    most important job balloons for shipping meteorogical info gaterring saves lives and enviroment

  • @InfinitelyFocused
    @InfinitelyFocused 5 лет назад +2

    music was way to epic for the vid but otherwise good

  • @arjunandazabat3216
    @arjunandazabat3216 5 лет назад +2

    are there Indonesians working there.?.

    • @movie21ind23
      @movie21ind23 5 лет назад

      Kayak nya kagak ada the bos..tapi banyak muka2 asia

  • @frankortolano5886
    @frankortolano5886 4 года назад

    Tie a string to the weather balloon, so u can get the 300 dollar equipment back to reuse

    • @helgechristiansen4996
      @helgechristiansen4996  4 года назад +1

      What is the weight of a 10km string?🤔

    • @hurri7720
      @hurri7720 3 года назад

      And it will not move with the wind then but with the ship.

  • @michaelbruchas6663
    @michaelbruchas6663 5 лет назад +1

    LIFE BOAT not liveboat....

  • @HROM1908
    @HROM1908 5 лет назад

    3:36, sailing to America - where ? There is no such place on any map. There is North, Central and South America. Please make the distinction.

    • @hermanteunissen990
      @hermanteunissen990 5 лет назад

      See above; "With the largest ever built CONRO vessel from Hamburg via Antwerp, Liverpool and Halifax to NewYork."

  • @jamesrivis620
    @jamesrivis620 5 лет назад

    Do the weather balloons self destruct and fall into the sea after data has been gathered. It concerns me that they may be a danger to passing aircraft otherwise.

    • @coreylahey1711
      @coreylahey1711 5 лет назад

      Those balloons would never reach high enough to be any concern to a plane ...

    • @helgechristiansen4996
      @helgechristiansen4996  5 лет назад

      No danger. The mass is minimal

    • @spencerwilton5831
      @spencerwilton5831 5 лет назад

      corey lahey What? They climb to tens of thousand of feet, well into and far above any planes route. Eventually the air gets so thin they expand beyond bursting point, blow themselves apart and return to earth.

    • @hurri7720
      @hurri7720 3 года назад

      Quoting the Wikipedia:
      "The balloon is usually filled with hydrogen due to lower cost, though helium can also be used. The ascent rate can be controlled by the amount of gas with which the balloon is filled. Weather balloons may reach altitudes of 40 km (25 mi) or more, limited by diminishing pressures causing the balloon to expand to such a degree (typically by a 100:1 factor) that it disintegrates. In this instance the instrument package is usually lost,[7] although a parachute may be used to help in allowing retrieval of the instrument. Above that altitude sounding rockets are used, and for even higher altitudes satellites are used. "
      I assume they will sink to the bottom of the sea eventually.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_balloon

  •  5 лет назад

    I had a friend in the British Royal Navy ,his name was seaman stains

  • @練正男
    @練正男 5 лет назад

    超現代化貨櫃船,

  • @moodyfan4ever
    @moodyfan4ever 6 лет назад

    Wow, 300 Dollar for each launch of a balloon, on who s account is that????, a weatherinstitude or the ship owner,.

  • @amercer89
    @amercer89 5 лет назад

    No safety shoes or helmet on deck tut tut should always hold handrails going upstairs

  • @jammydodgerman
    @jammydodgerman 6 лет назад +1

    0:55 That's not Atlantic Sky ;) nice try though!

  • @melchorchan1442
    @melchorchan1442 5 лет назад

    As can be seen, only the deck rating wore his hard hat; the deck officer in blue and both engine personnel were not wearing their hard hats; how safety conscious are these seafarers?

  • @EdgarStyles1234
    @EdgarStyles1234 4 года назад

    giant ship controlled by little Philippino kid lol

  • @Fred-oc5yj
    @Fred-oc5yj 5 лет назад

    C

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 5 лет назад

    Your fucking muzak r u i n s all of your recordings here..what must you have been thinking?!

  • @bjoernarberg
    @bjoernarberg 6 лет назад +6

    They claim safety first, but still walking on deck without hard hats.

    • @TRPGpilot
      @TRPGpilot 6 лет назад +8

      Surely you MUST be joking . . .

    • @JanitorIsBack
      @JanitorIsBack 6 лет назад +9

      @@TRPGpilot no he is not joking and don't call him shirley

    • @bjoernarberg
      @bjoernarberg 6 лет назад +4

      John McGarva No , I do not walk around at home wearing a hard hat, but I have been working at sea 48 years, and according to safety standards,it is mandatory to wear hard hat when on deck.

    • @OneMorePutt
      @OneMorePutt 6 лет назад +4

      Because what is going to fall on them?

    • @bjoernarberg
      @bjoernarberg 6 лет назад +1

      SyR Gaming Have you been working at sea, and are you familiar with the safetyregulations that applies to every seafarer?

  • @grandview58
    @grandview58 6 лет назад +5

    That ship is quite new ( 2017 ) but it’s seems to pump out a hell of a lot of pollution into the atmosphere , every time your camera was pointed at the funnel lots of pollution coming out of it , and just to think there are thousand’s of these huge ships at sea at any one time , just a thought I suppose jet aircraft are just as bad and there are thousands of then in the sky at any one time , no wonder we are all heading south 👎🏿

    • @jjosephm7539
      @jjosephm7539 5 лет назад +6

      Let's use sailing vessels to get your goods to market. See how that works for you.

    • @nicolasbouyiouclis4726
      @nicolasbouyiouclis4726 5 лет назад +1

      @@jjosephm7539 or use engines capable of reusing the fumes to produce additional energy for secondary machinery...
      similar to a high efficiency Furnace or water heater in any home now days..
      it should be that difficult... I think..

    • @stanpatterson5033
      @stanpatterson5033 5 лет назад +8

      Most of what you see coming out the stack isn't that harmful. The stuff that the human eye can't detect, like nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, (and to a lesser degree, dioxide), oxides of sulfur is the stuff we don't need, and believe it or not, modern engines are putting out MUCH less of the bad stuff than in decades past. The visible components include soot, or the new buzzword, "particulate", and water vapor (caused by the hot exhaust condensing against cooler surfaces on its way up the stack).

    • @jonjones1553
      @jonjones1553 5 лет назад +2

      They tried to use oars, but you can't get the slaves anymore.

    • @spencerwilton5831
      @spencerwilton5831 5 лет назад +1

      Salt bush Bill Ships are a major source of pollution, but the actual amount per ton of cargo carried is surprisingly small. The ships carry such vast quantities they are actually the most efficient way to transport goods. To fly the same amount of charge the same distance would require hundreds of plane loads and many, many times the fuel.

  • @basstrammel1322
    @basstrammel1322 5 лет назад

    There is over 50.000 ships sailing the world today, and if 4/5 of them launches weather balloons every day, no wonder we're fucked. I could build my coffin out of latex myself if i walked down to the beach.