Antarctica

The Great White Continent

8 January 2005 Drakes Passage (Return)
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Well what can I say about this day & what photos to show? For one thing I wasn't at all well, and before you jump to conclusions about sea-sickness,
I wish it had been just that. Without going into the gory details, I didn't get out of the cabin all day, and stayed pretty close to the bathroom.
This turned out to be quite fortuitous in the long run, as part way thru the day, Monika made an announcement for all passengers to stay inside the ship
as the weather had turned, and was blowing a Force 4 outside. Sometime later in the evening, (I think), another message came thru to say it was now
up to Force 9 & rising, so everyone was confined to cabins or advised to stay where they were. (Dawn was conveniently in the bar!).

Apparently it got up to Force 11, at which point I was watching the contents of the room floating around. I'm not sure if it was the Docs' blue knockout
tablets, or things were mid-air, like you see in one of those Matrix type films in bullet time. I tried tidying up a couple of times, then just gave up & went
back to bed. Photos for the day?


    

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