SOUTHERN STAR

摘要

On 30 August, the Cape of Good Hope lived up to its original name, the Cape of Storms. The cargo ship Atacama barely managed to find shelter in her berth at Cape Town before the harbour was slammed by towering waves, icy squalls and gale-force winds. A day passed before the tempest subsided and the ship could safely unload its cargo: an automobile-sized device known as the High Resolution Spectrograph (HRS).