Sea Day February 2

Have I mentioned that I love Sea Days?

We had a late morning wakeup as we are still trying to catch up from our trip to Easter Island. With no alarm set, we woke up refreshed.

I did a bit of work and updated Find Penguin.

We had the mandatory crew drill so our quiet morning was interrupted with several alarms and announcements.

I checked the weather and it will be 43 degrees. I am happy to report that there forecast shows several days of snow in the future....woohoo.

The Captain is observing the mandatory slower speed which is instituted as a means of protecting whales in the area. As a result, we are rocking a bit. I am still holding out hope for a wild ride but this is delightful!

And just like that, our relaxing day came to an end. We listened to the Port Talk/Daily Recap from yesterday and we found out that we were making a diversion to sail close to the stag (I believe) islands. We grabbed our cameras, coats, hats and gloves.

We thought that we would grabbed a quick lunch before we headed out on deck.

I caught a quick view of a whale breaching and another one spouting.

We also saw a lot of birds.

We grabbed a hot cup of tea to warm up after being outside for several hours.

Next we toured the hanger area where we saw all the toys. These included zodiac boats, Special Operations Boats, kayaks, 2 submarines, and a dive boat (serves as a support vehicle for the submarines).

We also toured the onboard laboratory.

After touring these areas, we went back to the stateroom to review pictures that we took today.

Upon opening the curtains, we saw our first iceberg of this trip.

We have dinner with 2 of the scientists onboard this evening.

Dinner was....Surf and Turf!!!! The crew members, Conor and Freya were wonderful. We had a lovely discussion including research on the use of kelp as feed for cattle to minimize methane gas produced by the cattle. The kelp is also beneficial for the cattle as it allows nutrients to flow to cattle instead of feeding unbeneficial bacteria in the gut which is the main source of methane production.

We headed back to stateroom to prepare for 2 excursions tomorrow.Read more