Our group on an icefield
Sitting in the dock of the bay
Amazing icebergs
The 4 fellas with the mountains in the background
Icebergs everywhere
We woke up to this scenery the day after the marathon
Taken off the deck of the shipSunday, February 27th
Happy Birthday to my sister-n-law Linda today! Hope you're having a great one.
It's 10:20pm right now on Sunday, February 27th. I'm currently sitting in the Oceanus Lounge on the 3rd level of the Sea Spirit. We're docked in the bay just off shore from King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. I have a ton of nervous energy going. I thought I'd write a bit before going to bed.
Today was largely a rest day. We were set to disembark at 10:30am to tour Robert Point (Robert Island), but the wind was blowing at 30 knots, with speeds gusting to 40knots. The conditions were deemed to be too dangerous to reach land on the zodiacs. We ended up pulling anchor and making our way to our marathon destination point - King George Island.
They did have a couple afternoon seminars today. The first seminar - "Antartica and Climate Change" was really interesting. You hear about global warming all the time. Today made things a little more clear to me, as we were lectured by a researcher from New Zealand, who specializes on this topic. In the middle of the seminar, an announcement came overhead: "There is a humpback whale on the starboard side of the ship." Everyone jumped up and looked at each other: "Which way is starboard?" Finally the presenter pointed us in the correct direction. Someone gave me a hint to distinguish starboard (right) from port (left). 'Left' has 4 letters and so does 'port' -- that's how you can remember. We did get a few glances of the whale. Cool - my very first visual of a whale at sea.
More resting, than dinner, and then a final marathon briefing. The course will basically involve 5 loops of 5+ miles each loop. We start at the Russian/Chilean research bases and then do loops to the Chinese and Uruguayan research bases. We're told conditions are fairly favorable. Winds at 10-20 knots, with outside temperatures around freezing without the wind. We've also been cautioned that things can change quickly - so be prepared.
I have so much anxiety - I just want to get this thing going. Although I'm trying to maintain positivity and confidence on the exterior, there's certainly rumblings on my insides.
Here's to a good day tomorrow! "Running Against the Wind" - Bob Segar ----- this might be an appropriate song to have in my mind.
We'll be back after 26.2 --- Keep the Faith!
Happy Birthday to my sister-n-law Linda today! Hope you're having a great one.
It's 10:20pm right now on Sunday, February 27th. I'm currently sitting in the Oceanus Lounge on the 3rd level of the Sea Spirit. We're docked in the bay just off shore from King George Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. I have a ton of nervous energy going. I thought I'd write a bit before going to bed.
Today was largely a rest day. We were set to disembark at 10:30am to tour Robert Point (Robert Island), but the wind was blowing at 30 knots, with speeds gusting to 40knots. The conditions were deemed to be too dangerous to reach land on the zodiacs. We ended up pulling anchor and making our way to our marathon destination point - King George Island.
They did have a couple afternoon seminars today. The first seminar - "Antartica and Climate Change" was really interesting. You hear about global warming all the time. Today made things a little more clear to me, as we were lectured by a researcher from New Zealand, who specializes on this topic. In the middle of the seminar, an announcement came overhead: "There is a humpback whale on the starboard side of the ship." Everyone jumped up and looked at each other: "Which way is starboard?" Finally the presenter pointed us in the correct direction. Someone gave me a hint to distinguish starboard (right) from port (left). 'Left' has 4 letters and so does 'port' -- that's how you can remember. We did get a few glances of the whale. Cool - my very first visual of a whale at sea.
More resting, than dinner, and then a final marathon briefing. The course will basically involve 5 loops of 5+ miles each loop. We start at the Russian/Chilean research bases and then do loops to the Chinese and Uruguayan research bases. We're told conditions are fairly favorable. Winds at 10-20 knots, with outside temperatures around freezing without the wind. We've also been cautioned that things can change quickly - so be prepared.
I have so much anxiety - I just want to get this thing going. Although I'm trying to maintain positivity and confidence on the exterior, there's certainly rumblings on my insides.
Here's to a good day tomorrow! "Running Against the Wind" - Bob Segar ----- this might be an appropriate song to have in my mind.
We'll be back after 26.2 --- Keep the Faith!
Good Luck Guys!! Congrats!
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