Navy Vet Describes Line-Crossing Ceremony That Looks Like Torture in Vintage Photos: 'It Was Fun at the Time' A U.S. Navy spokesperson tells PEOPLE marking a ship’s passage across the equator ...

When he returned to the North Atlantic, he crossed the equator with a 123-mile buffer to Richomme, crossing the finish line first. This was his second consecutive first-to-finish, but this time ...

At the equator are signs that say, "You are now crossing the equator. Jambo (hello in Swahili) to Kenya. Altitude 2,270 meters." ...