gCaptain Quiz – 4 Tiny Subsea Cables

Share On Facebook Published: April 9th, 2008 by John Konrad

We received email that our last quiz was just too easy so we challenge you to try this…. the above picture shows something carried aboard certain ships that’s critical to the future success of this website. What is it?

Hint: It’s being covered today in the newspapers of our 4th and 5th favorite cities.

Update

You can find the answer on our post: Cable Laying Ships – Back In Business

Topic: Cable Laying · Communication · quiz

Tags: · cable, Cable Laying, quiz, undersea cable

This Article Was Written By John Konrad
Captain John Konrad is co-founder of Unofficial Networks and Editor In Chief of this blog. He is a USCG licensed Master Mariner of Unlimited Tonnage and, since graduating from SUNY Maritime College, has sailed a variety of ships from ports around the world.John currently lives in Morro Bay, California with his wife and two children.

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I'l be posting the answer on a separate post later today... but it looks like it'll be nothing new to this crowd ;)

-John
Christiaan Conover
On a side note: the link to the last quiz points to an admin page, not the post itself.
CMA_decky
Well I guess I'm not first but I'm guessing that's a fiber optic cable similar to the 17mm cable that's going to be laid between Sydney and Hawaii.
Frank the Engineer
I'd have to say that's one of those wire thing-a-ma-bobs that connects to a erbium-doped amplifier.
Creeping Coin
Looks like fiber optics to me, too.