A day at the aquarium Multi-Cache

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fishiam: Farewell.

My daugher and I made one last visit to remove the container.

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Hidden : 4/29/2006
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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A new and improved aquarium cache!

This multi-cache at the Seattle aquarium replaces an earlier one (GCT4KG) that had two faults: it could be (and was) shortcutted (i.e., found and logged without visiting the aquarium) and the final was a micro. This new and improved version has more waypoints, requires photographic evidence of having gone to the aquarium, and ends at a container that we will keep stuffed with small sea creatures for taking/trading. Hopefully that will entice families with kids to do the cache. This cache has a companion multi-cache at the Woodland Park zoo (GCVKA5).

From Seattle.gov The Seattle Aquarium is a nationally recognized aquatic educational center built in 1977 by the City of Seattle on Pier 59, at the edge of Puget Sound's Elliott Bay. The Aquarium is open daily and serves more than half a million visitors annually.

For many, The Aquarium is the only way to appreciate the world beneath the waves. Through self-guided exhibits featuring more than 380 species of fish, invertebrates, birds and marine mammals; programs; partnerships; classes; outdoor adventures and special events, The Aquarium seeks to expand knowledge, inspire stewardship and conservation, and excite the senses. As the region’s leading provider of marine science education, The Seattle Aquarium serves more than 40,000 school children annually.

Salmon Hatchery
The Seattle Aquarium features the world’s first aquarium-based salmon ladder and fish hatchery where visitors can witness the entire life cycle of Pacific salmon.

The Aquarium is the first institution in the world to successfully raise sea otters from conception to adulthood and remains the only facility in the United States with that distinction.

The Avenger octopus
The Seattle Aquarium is the first to raise a giant Pacific octopus from conception to adulthood. The Aquarium’s newest exhibit features the Dark Avenger, a 50+ pound giant Pacific octopus residing in a habitat built to showcase the largest giant Pacific octopus ever seen. Native of this region, the giant Pacific octopus is the largest octopus species in the world - averaging between sixty and eighty pounds but capable of reaching 150 pounds with a twenty-foot arm span.

There are a total of seven waypoints for you to visit around the aquarium - they are all listed below. At six of them, you will look for information to help you find numbers necessary to compute the coordinates to the final. At one of them you will find a set of picture boards where you can have a picture taken. IN ORDER TO LOG THIS CACHE YOU MUST SUBMIT A PICTURE TAKEN OF YOU AT ONE OF THESE PICTURE BOARDS. See pictures below for an example. (If you are reticent to have your photo posted on the web, merely send me the photo directly as proof and that will suffice).

WP1 - N 47 36.545 W 122 20.784. YOU DO NOT NEED TO VISIT THIS WAYPOINT. This is a very popular spot to go squid fishing, an activity I highly recommend! Find out how many total arms/tentacles a squid has. That number becomes the digits AB.

WP2 - N 47 36.464 W 122 20.600. THIS BEGINS THE VISIT INSIDE THE AQUARIUM. There is a place in the marine mammal area where you can get a clear view to the sky and acquire a GPS signal. At this location there is a bronze (copper?) statue of a sea creature. The statue is not under any roof cover and bears no plaque. Once you've found and identified this marine mammal go down to the main marine mammal room. Look around to find a sign that tells how many salmon a day this marine mammal can eat. That number of salmon = CD.

WP3 - Go to the big underwater fish dome. Find the sign that tells when feeding time time is. That time = E:FG.

WP4 - Head over to the Pacific giant octopus tank. This is one unusual animal. Along the wall you will find two displays - "Check out a wolf eel's teeth" to your left and "Shake hands with an octopus" to your right. Between these two displays are three signs. On the leftmost of these three signs are two numbers (spelled out). The first number becomes H and the second number becomes I.

WP5 - In the area around the octopus tank there are a couple of picture boards and a display with two long octopus arms. Have your picture taken at any of these and submit with your cache log.

WP6 - Now go and check out the Moon Jelly ring. There is a set of graphics (plaques) illustrating the moon jelly life cycle. The number of graphics equals J.

WP7 - Final stop is the room with the sea horses (and, until they died off, the wondrous sea dragons). Find the sign that states how many species of sea horses and sea dragons there are in the world. These numbers are KL (for sea horses) and M (for sea dragons). NOTE ADDED 7/24/06. This WP has been removed, so until I can get back to the aquarium, I will simply give you the final two digits of the longitude: 33.

Congratulations, you have all the info you need. To find the final, just do this little bit of math:

N 47 37.(B+D)(A+C)(E+G) W 122 21.(I-F+E)(J-K)(L-M)

Checksums: N 25, W 18.

The final is located within a mile of the aquarium. I had to choose a spot far enough away from downtown to support a lock'n'lock container with room for sea creatures ... and an FTF geocoin prize.

Enjoy your Day at the Aquarium!

Congrats to Snowwolf on his FTF and figuring out the cache final even with a small formula error!

NOTE: Posting an old picture from a previous visit to the aquarium and claiming that fulfills the cache requirement will result in log deletion. I recognize that some people will still get the coordinates from other finders, without doing the aquarium visit. But that is not enough and your log will be deleted. You must visit the aquarium and have a current photo taken to register a legitimate Found It log.

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