A group of Dutch high school students, along with three teachers and twelve sailors, completed a five-week trip across the Atlantic Ocean on the (第三) day of May. They were studying the Caribbean when COVID-19 happened suddenly. As a (结果), they had to return home by ship instead of by plane. (虽然) they had little sailing experience, their ship, the Wylde Swan, successfully arrived at Harlingen late Sunday morning.
As they arrived, the students (悬挂) up a sign on the boat. It showed they had completed (活动) like crossing the Atlantic, mid-ocean swimming and passing by the Bermuda Triangle, where some ships have ever (奇怪地) disappeared.
17-year- old Hurkmans said this trip would be one of (令人激动的) adventures in her life. The company's (主管) held this kind of educational boat trip every year. He said, “The students (检查) to make sure nobody was ill by doctors in (三月). They have made us very proud."