We're having a pretty rough day at sea today. The great outdoors are best viewed from a safe distance only.
Most of us spend some time up on the bridge, taking photos through the windows. Funnily enough, nobody bothers going out on deck.
All I can see through our port hole is wild water. The sky is nowhere to be seen.
But the staff are doing everything they can to keep us entertained. Huw gives us a lecture on the history of polar photography, accompanied by plenty of pictures. He is such an interesting chap and always so enthusiastic about his topics.
Samuel screens the first part of a documentary called Life in the Freezer with David Attenborough and later gives us a lecture about ice bergs and how they come about. It is just all so very fascinating.
There is something else scheduled for later, but that is called off because the sea is just too rough.
Saturday, January 16
Despite the rough sea, I manage to have a shower very safely. However, as I am getting my breakfast at the buffet, I suddenly get thrown right along. The only place I could put a hand to soften the blow is the bain marie with the hot food which I refrain from doing. Instead, I land very painfully on my tail bone. Still, not to worry. Take some painkillers and soldier on.
There is a lecture on the history of whaling, but I don't feel like upsetting myself, so I stay away from that one.
In the afternoon we get to see part two of Life in the Freezer with David Attenborough, and later on, Rodney talks about the Antarctic Treaty.
We have now crossed into the ice strewn Screaming Sixties and the sea is quite a bit calmer because the ice (especially ice bergs) act as wave breakers.
At last I get a chance to start up the laptop and download my photos so far - all 193 of them.
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