четверг, 21 марта 2013 г.
"Queen Mary 2 is still the largest (151,400 tons), longest (1,132 feet), tallest (236 feet), widest
Queen Mary 2 became the biggest ship to visit Milford Sound in New Zealand over the weekend. It's slow glide across the waters of one of New Zealand's most beautiful places is part of an around-the-world trip that started in Southampton, England, on January 10 and will end in April.
Australian photographer James Morgan, who captured many of these images, told the Sydney Morning Herald: "When she came around the corner into the Sound it was one of the most magnificent sights I have seen. She is a massive ship, but was totally dwarfed by the massive cavern that is Milford Sound."
Milford Sound is one of New Zealand's most popular tourist destinations. The fiord is surrounded by rocky cliffs that stretch more than a kilometer above the water's surface, and is often cited as the wettest inhabited place in New Zealand. It's part of the Fiordland National Park that covers an area of 12,500 square car rental agency costa rica kilometers.
The Queen Mary 2 has more than 2,500 windows and portholes, 5,000 stairs and 80,000 lighting points. She has a maximum capacity of 3,090 passengers and 1,238 crew. Around 230,000 bottles of wine are sold on the QM2 each year and 1.35 million tea bags are used.
Ocean liners are distinguished from cruise ships by their purpose. Ocean liners primarily function to transport passengers between two ports, while cruise ships are primarily used for pleasure voyages.
car rental agency costa rica "Queen Mary 2 is still the largest (151,400 tons), car rental agency costa rica longest car rental agency costa rica (1,132 feet), tallest (236 feet), widest (135 feet) and most expensive (US$800 million) ocean liner in the world today," car rental agency costa rica says Michael Gallagher, Cunard public relations manager and historian. "She is the only ocean liner in service and the fastest passenger car rental agency costa rica ship at sea!"
The Queen Mary 2 will continue to sail along the south coast of Australia, then head across car rental agency costa rica the India Ocean to Mauritius, before moving around South Africa and up the west coast of Africa. It will then call at Spain before car rental agency costa rica ending its tour back in Southampton in about a month's time.
The Queen Mary 2 , operated by Cunard, passed through New Zealand's Milford Sound on March 16, becoming the largest ship ever to visit the area, part of the World Heritage-listed Fiordland National Park.
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