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Students and staff thoroughly enjoyed their time in port and found endless opportunities for entertainment while out on liberty.\u00a0 Activities ranged from visiting the Viking museum, to viewing original Viking ships, to mountain biking the mountains surrounding the city, to visiting the world\u2019s largest ski jump, to touring the city, and even to attending the christening of a new merchant ship.\u00a0 It was an excellent port to cap off our trip before returning to the States!<\/p>\n<p>Today, we have settled back into routine ship life. Alpha Company is conducting maintenance, and Bravo Company helping with the cleanliness of the ship on utility.\u00a0 Charlie Company is on their fourth training day and Delta Company is holding the watch.<\/p>\n<p>Along with Captain Tarrent, a small group of deck cadets deployed a NOAA weather buoy at 1000 hours.\u00a0 This buoy will be used to track, and predict weather patterns for this area of the North Sea.<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to the next 12 days at sea to really focus our efforts on getting the most out of this experience as possible!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2725\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/07\/IMG_1693-e1562180918472.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2725\" class=\"wp-image-2725 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/tssom-training-cruise-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2019\/07\/IMG_1693-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautiful Oslo!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>Disclaimer: Due to the Training Ship\u2019s limited connectivity to the Internet, blog postings are delayed and are not intended for real-time communication. 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