Current Voyage: Summer 2008

See where the ship is right now with the Interactive Voyage Map

This new feature allows you to track the ship's progress and learn more about the eight international ports-of-call on the itinerary. Just click on the port icons or the ship icon to learn more about the Summer 2008 voyage. When the ship is at sea, click on its icon to read the Position Report.

Watch an audio slideshow of embarkation day

Be part of the emotional send-off! This slideshow with audio depicts the June 15 embarkation of the Summer 2008 voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia: the 96th voyage of Semester at Sea. With 583 student participants aboard, it represents the largest summer voyage in Semester at Sea history. Stay tuned to the Current Voyage website for more slideshows!

Read Mary Carlson's blog

Mary Carlson, a professional writer from the University of Virginia, is sailing with Semester at Sea's summer voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to the port of Copenhagen, Denmark. Learn about her experiences aboard Semester at Sea's floating campus as she provides an insider's view of the academic program, shipboard activities, operations, life at sea, inter-generational learning, travel adventures in country, and more.

Read Lisa Stout's blog

Lisa is a rising senior at Cornell University in the school of Industrial and Labor Relations. She volunteered to keep a blog so that prospective students could follow a current student's journey and get an idea of what ship life is really like.