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How do ships travel through Pacific ocean and Atlantic ocean when the sea level are not same?
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∙ 12y ago
It has everything to do with the position of earth related to Saturn.
As the earth reaches its crest in its orbital pattern, the Pacific Ocean ships are given a steady headwind that allows the sea level to not interfere with ocean travel. Likewise, at the far peak of the orbital pattern, the Atlantic Ocean ships are given aforementioned headwind.
It's a hard concept to grasp, but think of it like this:
When you drop a feather and a Bowling ball at the same time, they, in theory, will hit the ground at the same time (when in a vacuum). This can be applied to such a scenario because the weight of the Pacific ocean is far inferior to the ships' cargoload, thus making the Atlantic ocean also useable at this time.
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