Dangerous season ahead.

AuthorHarrington, Susan
PositionFROM THE EDITOR

Mayday, mayday, mayday! The phrase used the world over to signal distress comes to us from the French venez m'aider, which translates to "come help me." Primarily used in the marine and aviation arena, mayday is any emergency notification indicating grave and imminent danger. There is a certain protocol for using this distress signal, which I've illustrated in an example below. We are embarking on a dangerous season.

MAYDAY, MAYDAY, MAYDAY, this is ALASKA, ALASKA, ALASKA

(Say mayday three times and identify the name of your vessel three times as well.)

MAYDAY, MY POSITION IS:

South: 51 [degrees] 13' N. at the tip of Amatignak Island in the Aleutian Islands North: 71 [degrees] 23' N. at Point Barrow East (towards Canada): 129[degrees] 59' W. at Cape Point in Southeast Alaska West (towards Russia): 172[degrees] 27' E. at Cape...

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