Wednesday, February 18, 2009

On our Way 6th-17th February 2009

After spending a few hours looking at the old prison and buying the obligatory souvenirs we gathered for our bus ride to the dock to join our ship the “Akademik Shokalskiy” for our trip south.

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The next two days were spent sailing the Drake Passage, well known as one of the roughest pieces of water in the world, but we were lucky, the boat rocked a little, but nothing too much. The saying here is “expect the worst and hope for the best.”

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Slowly we noticed more and more ice appearing as time went on

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