DANIEL A. BERNATH with my royal consent passed the Gateway to the Top of the World by crossing the Arctic Circle.  Be it further understood that he entered the land of Icicles; Blizzards; Williwaws and myriad Snowflakes Aboard the USS Yorktown (CVS-10) on the 10th Day of October 1969 at Longitude 07-31W.

I Boreus Rex...hereby declare this warm blooded Neophyte to my Royal Domain to be a True and Trusty Brine Encrusted Bluenose...W.L. Chaires Commanding