As per maritime tradition, there has to be some ceremony on-board to celebrate the crossing of significant lines of latitude. In this case, it is 60 degrees south. The ceremony basically involves King Neptune, a fish and a whole lot of yoghurt, Vegemite and various other food stuffs. It is all a bit of fun, but can see why it has upset a few people in the past, (especially hearing that it used to be a lot worse!).
Anyway, that is probably as much as I should say about it, but here are some pictures of some of the ceremony. The young man covered in Yoghurt is our station leader at Davis this year!
As per maritime tradition, there has to be some ceremony on-board to celebrate the crossing of significant lines of latitude. In this case, it is 60 degrees south. The ceremony basically involves King Neptune, a fish and a whole lot of yoghurt, Vegemite and various other food stuffs. It is all a bit of fun, but can see why it has upset a few people in the past, (especially hearing that it used to be a lot worse!). 
Anyway, that is probably as much as I should say about it, but here are some pictures of some of the ceremony. The young man covered in Yoghurt is our station leader at Davis this year!
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