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Sundays are great days at Palmer; almost everyone has the day off, including the chefs, so everyone fixes their own meals, hangs out in the lounge or bar or galley, reads the paper, and comics…. the instrument tech is baking bread, and others are already out hiking for the day. I’m working, albeit at [...]
We got in yesterday, actually, but we hit the ground running, despite the dock rock, which some of us are still suffering from. There’s lots to do in the 5 days we’re here, but I’m trying to get through a lot of it so that I can be ready for an opportunity to go [...]
We're almost out of the Drake Passage, and it's been a rather averageride, with about 20 foot swells and 30 knot winds. This kept most peopleawake trying to figure out how to either a) protect their heads and feetfrom slamming into the head and foot of their bunks, or b) stay in theirbunk. My [...]
We're at about 58 degrees S., right in the middle of the Drake. Around1:00 yesterday, people started disappearing into their rooms, and askingfor some seasickness medication. They're all doing better now, probablyhaving found their "sea legs." Today we're assisting with science ofopportunity, dropping XCTDs and XBTs to take measurements across atypical transect [...]
Today we're sailing at 12 noon. I'm excited to be leaving, but at the same time, this trip feels different from every other voyage I've taken. I have to admit I'm being affected by being on the boat again more than I thought I would, after Joshua was lost. They've named the conference room [...]
So I’m headed South again. I write this on my last day of internet connectivity in Punta Arenas, Chile, before we get on the ship to head across the Drake Passage. But thanks to technology, I can post via email from the ship; I just won’t be able to manage my comment posting, so if [...]
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