10 February - at sea - 1 degree Celcius - 62 degrees 54 minutes South
I am getting photographic withdrawal syndrome and itching to get to Macquarie Island. Sitting around on board is getting dull.
Apparently there has been some drama in the Ross Sea over the last few days between Sea Shepard and some Japanese whalers. One of the zodiacs went missing and we could have been asked to redirect to help the search, which led to some debate from some people as to whether we should be obliged to do so. There is also a potentially missing kayaker just short of New Zealand, having left from Tasmania.
The swells have picked up and we are getting tossed around a bit more. However, we are still making good time, so we should get to have a decent look around Macquarie Island.
We won trivia again, and now we are letting it get to our heads and sledging the other teams. Dad is also looking quite smug with all the comments coming in to me from girls the world over about how cute he looks. Maybe Trish should be worried...
We are in the aurora and comet zone again, so I have had a few little looks but it is still cloudy. Hopefully it'll clear tomorrow.
Apparently there has been some drama in the Ross Sea over the last few days between Sea Shepard and some Japanese whalers. One of the zodiacs went missing and we could have been asked to redirect to help the search, which led to some debate from some people as to whether we should be obliged to do so. There is also a potentially missing kayaker just short of New Zealand, having left from Tasmania.
The swells have picked up and we are getting tossed around a bit more. However, we are still making good time, so we should get to have a decent look around Macquarie Island.
We won trivia again, and now we are letting it get to our heads and sledging the other teams. Dad is also looking quite smug with all the comments coming in to me from girls the world over about how cute he looks. Maybe Trish should be worried...
We are in the aurora and comet zone again, so I have had a few little looks but it is still cloudy. Hopefully it'll clear tomorrow.
posted by Duncan at 2:10 AM
4 Comments:
Hi Duncan
Great blog mate, fantastic to be able to keep up with what you are doing. Its a trip of a lifetime. Hi to Geoff - ask him if he is considering a change of career to hairdresser. Interesting that with all the great photos, there is none of your new "do".
CB
yeah man, show us the hair!
Hi
Hope Japanese ship fire does not affect you - great stories and pics
lol
vivienne
Hi Geoff and Duncan,
Good to see you are both having a great holiday. We are keeping up with your progress on this wonderful website. Great pics Duncan. Work is going well and we are having fun with great sales. One hiccup though J has resigned today, but not worried. Opens up big options now. Well enough about work, have a wonderful time for the rest of your trip.
Pam
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