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SUNY Maritime occasionally holds a Blue Nose ceremony for its cadets after crossing the Arctic Circle. Their most recent ceremony was during the summer of 2019, on the TSES VI , held shortly after departing Reykjavik .
When Farragut crossed the Arctic Circle on the way to her port visit in Russia, crew members participated in a very chilly, but memorable, Blue Nose ceremony on board. In the fall of 2012, Farragut transitioned to the 5th Fleet AOR and served with both the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and the USS John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Groups.
Getting underway for Charleston, O'Bannon crossed the Arctic Circle on 1 September, holding the traditional Order of the Blue Nose ceremony. O'Bannon participated on 9 April 1982 in readiness exercise (READIEX) 2-82 and Exercise Ocean Venture before making a port call at San Juan, P.R. (15-18 April).
Bluenose was designed by William James Roué, and intended for both fishing and racing. Built to compete with American schooners for speed, the design that Roué originally drafted in late 1920 had a waterline length of 36.6 metres (120 ft 1 in) which was 2.4 metres (7 ft 10 in) too long for the competition. Sent back to redesign the schooner ...
Blue Nose, a Line-crossing ceremony for US sailors who cross the Arctic Circle on board a naval vessel; The Blue-nosed Bastards of Bodney, the nickname of the World War II 352nd Fighter Group, US Army Air Force, from the identifying markings of their aircraft.
Deploying from Norfolk in September 1971, the crew earned the designation as 'Blue Nose' sailors when the Independence crossed the Arctic Circle on 28 September. During subsequent operations in the North Sea, Independence conducted cross-deck operations with the British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal and transited the English Channel en route ...
A ceremonial pipe is a particular type of smoking pipe, used by a number of cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Americas in their sacred ceremonies. Traditionally they are used to offer prayers in a religious ceremony, to make a ceremonial commitment, or to seal a covenant or treaty. The pipe ceremony may be a component of a larger ...
Blue Nose – Arctic Circle July 1976: July 1976: New York Harbor Tall Ships Celebration January 1977: August 1977: Mediterranean Sept 1978: May 1979: Regular overhaul April 1980: October 1980: Mediterranean-Indian Ocean 8 October 1981 – Line-crossing ceremony, 0 meridian, Emerald Shellback Initiation – Atlantic Ocean October 1981: April ...
The False Face Society performs a ritual twice a year. The ceremony contains a telling of the False Face myth, an invocation to the spirits using tobacco, the main False Face ritual, and a doling out of mush at the end.
Funeral rituals. Traditionally, the body will stay in the house for three days, however in more recent times, it can (on rare occasions) extend to five or seven days, depending on the season of the year. [2] The time of death is of great importance to traditional Koreans, so much so that a white piece of cotton is often put under the nose of ...
