Thursday, November 13, 2008 10pm
Today’s conditions at 1pm:
Location: 54.22.367S, 43.34.861W
Course: 088 degrees
Speed: 11.5 knots
Wind, 22-33 knots
Swell: 5-6 metres
Outside temperature: 10
Here we are, right in the middle of the storm. It’s as bad as was
predicted, but not as bad for the passengers as we thought it might be.
The ship is rocking quite a bit, but most everyone is getting on with
their day despite the rolling and jolting.
The students, especially, were busy today. We saw them, along with the
Linders family, buzzing here and there with the film crew running after
them in order to make their commercials for global warming. In fact, we
just left the mini film festival and both ads were a big hit! We’ll be
posting them on the website as soon as we are able, which will probably
be Monday or so, when the ship is stable and our satellite will be able
to work.
In between that, the students and the scientists still found time to
continue their science projects and collect data.
In the morning we expect to arrive at South Georgia, where we’ll find
shelter in a quiet bay. It will be our first visit to shore, and we’re
all looking forward to that big moment.
We have an early start tomorrow – breakfast at 06:30 – 07:30, and our
first anticipated shore land at 08:30. So, the first update will
probably be tomorrow evening, when we’ll have plenty of news to share!
PHOTO: Carol taking data reads. The scientists are preparing for their
first on-land readings tomorrow.
