SST 2013 - Welcome from your Ship's Librarian

Hello and ahoy from the goodship, EMPIRE STATE VI! It is my pleasure to be your ship’s librarian again this summer, encoring my position from the second half of 2012 SST. After a rigorous send off from Throgg’s Neck (thank you to all who came out to say farewell!), we headed south and out to our current point off of Montauk where we’ve been completing some drills in preparation of our journey south. Everyone is in high spirits and eager to ask questions about life aboard the ship. I’ve gotten everything from “Do you know where the Ship’s Store is?” to “I hear you have a copy of the Hunger Games trilogy!” and “What movie is on for tonight?” Besides drills, cadets have jumped right into classes and are starting to “learn the ropes” of life aboard ship before seriously getting underway.

As for some of the niceties aboard, the weather has been windy and meals filling. Parents and loved ones, don’t worry about not getting that email from your cadet just yet – the email server has been a bit cranky since departure but is sure to find a remedy soon. We have our course set to arrive in New Orleans in just about 10 days, so please be patient – there’s a lot happening aboard before then! Stay tuned to the library blog for all of the updates.

Until next time, fair winds and following seas!

Yours,
Liz (aka Books)