航海日誌

【団役員コメント：Robert Ashcroft】
Today was another fantastic day aboard the Bosei Maru. It’s seven days since we left Ogasawara, and life on the ship has fallen into a smooth routine. It seems like everyone is getting used to being on the boat together. The waves were quite big first thing this morning, so we had our 6:30 meeting for stretches in the cafeteria. It was Group 13’s turn to lead the exercises, and they did a fun session related to chemical elements! After breakfast we had the third Intercultural Communication English class from Bob-sensei. We studied stereotypes, that’s 典型例 in Japanese. We looked at stereotypes of Japan and the UK, and we practiced how to answer questions about Japan from people we meet while overseas. After a short break, we had the first session for a deep-sea experiment. Each student and teacher received a polystyrene cup normally used for shaved ice (かき氷). Sitting together in groups we used permanent markers to personalize our cups. We had a relaxed and sociable time chatting and decorating our cups. Once all the cups were finished, it was time to prepare for lunch. After lunch, we met on the deck of the ship at 1pm for the deep-sea experiment. The sky was a beautiful blue with just a few fluffy clouds floating along. It was lovely and warm too. The ship’s crew collected our polystyrene cups and put them into netting bags along with some heavy metal weights to help them sink. These bags were then hoisted up onto a crane over the sea. The steel cable was released and the bags containing our cups plunged into the blue depths of the ocean. The cups were slowly lowered to a depth of 1km, and then brought back up again. To everyone’s great surprise, the polystyrene cups had shrunk to about a quarter of their original size! For every 10m of water, the pressure increases by one atmosphere. All the tiny air bubbles in the polystyrene had been pushed out. We all collected our (now very much smaller) cups. What a great memento to take home from the trip! From 3pm to 5pm we had a big clean in preparation for arriving in Ishigaki Jima tomorrow. After eight days at sea, we’re all looking forward to being on dry land for a few days!

【10班コメント】
曽我瞳桜子
今朝は13班の元素記号体操から始まった。この体操は水素のH、酸素のOなど元素記号の形に手を広げて体を伸ばすもので、初めてやる私には新鮮だった。体操は担当する班が日替わりなので、各班の個性を見ることができる。明日の14班は何をやるのか、、、今から楽しみだ。

城光菜子
今日は朝ごはんに大好きな焼きタラコ、お昼ごはんは冷たいゴマだれのうどんで、めちゃくちゃおいしくて幸せでした！元々あまり船酔いはしない方でしたが、今では酔い止めも全く飲まずに元気にお菓子を食べています。夜ごはんは、豚肉とトマトが美味しかったです！

岡田瑞季
Bob先生による３回目の英語講座がありました。イギリスと日本のStereotype(典型例)について生活班で話し合い意見を出しました。外国人目線で考える日本人の典型例は、侍や武士といった突飛なイメージがあり、面白かったです。ラストの英語講座も楽しみです！

クォンミンソ
水圧実験！学校の授業で学んだけどほぼ忘れた。この場で学んだら一生忘れないと思うな、と考えた時間でした。みんなが発泡スチロールにかわいい絵柄を書いて海の奥底に潜らせて出したら水圧でそのまま小さくなるという実験です。

朝岡詩
10班による初めてのHP担当。インターネットのない環境でLINEが使えず、エアドロも機種の問題で全員とはできなかった。写真の共有にUSBと2台PCを使い、集まった写真36枚から5枚の選抜。コメントに想像以上に時間がかかり大変だった。

大日方悠夏
今日で小笠原を出発して7日目になりました。私たち１０班は全員大きく体調を崩さずに過ごせています。今日は大掃除をみんなで丁寧に行ってボースンチェックも１発で合格しました！明日は久しぶりの上陸です！石垣島でも１０班のみんなと楽しく過ごしたいです！