El Brujo & sailing towards Punta Arenas

Heading towards Punta Arenas.

Before we left the glacier, there was a sail-away on the bow with caviar and champagne but unfortunately it was a bit of a washout because the rain came, so people moved indoors to the bow lounge. In the afternoon we were allowed to go visit the submarine garages and see a submarine. It seats 6 people, 3 on each side of the submarine in moveable chairs, and 1 pilot. The Perspex windows are about 9cm thick. They can go down to a maximum of 300 metres and if the pilot tries to go any deeper, the on-board computer system overrides the pilot to bring the submarine to the surface.

It would be nice to go in the submarine in Antarctica if the crew are invited for a test dive. We shall see!

Afterwards Paul and I did a bit of a tour of the ship to see the marshalling area, the laundry room, the tailor's room, and a few other places before the next recap and daily briefing.

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