Day 17-19
Trip Start
Oct 09, 2008
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17
Trip End
Nov 28, 2008
Sailing back to Ushuaia,
Antarctica
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Well, Tim's ridiculous wish to experience the Drake Passage in fury has nearly bitten him on the bum. I'm sure he's thankful for modern motion sickness drugs.
Talks today on; "Albatross Conservation in Fisheries" and the "Save the Albatross Campaign", whale identification, "Coleridge: Rime of the Ancient Mariner", and life at an Antarctic base (by Megan whose PhD involved sifting through Adelie Penguin vomit).
Hatches were battened down for a predicted bad night. Few people up watching Gregory Peck in "Moby Dick" as most people drugged up to the eyeballs. I'm enjoying my sea legs!
Day 18, Fri 21 Nov: Drake Passage
Talks on the indigenous people of Tierra del Fuego and history of Cape Horn sailing. Sad afternoon to pack up, settle accounts and sleep off motion sickness drugs before Captain's party in the shelter of the Beagle Channel. Rounded Cape Horn-well, as near to as the Chilean government allows, we could vaguely see it on the horizon. Stunning sunset!
Day 19, Sat 22 Nov: Disembark after brekky.
