Adventures in 2017

Aurora Expeditions have a rigorous safety procedure requirement that we tag on and off the vessel when departing. Each person is allocated a token, red (or yellow in the case of us kayakers) indicates that you are off the vessel and blue (or green for the kayakers) when on board. The ship goes nowhere until all are on board, there are a few friendly but public announcements via the ship’s speaker system to inform those persons who have been remiss in their duty.

There was a competition to see who can guess the location and time  of the first iceberg to come to sight. Somehow I guessed it and won a bottle of wine for my efforts the result: 12:26 pm Lat 61 4 75 S  Long 61 0 34 W . What did I guess ? 62.050S, 61.000W at 11:45 am.  So, maybe if you are on this cruise guessing the first iceberg location it might be still there and you could use these coordinates, however these are massive frozen boats, so this particular one is probably in Patagonia now forming the ocean brimming its coast.

Good morning, good morning everyone : the morning catch cry of our friendly host of the expedition leader Liz Pope. The ship was rolling, not in a gentle sway, but it was none too rough either. It was just enough to cause me to slide on the bed and concentrate on getting my trousers on.

The joys of travel, leading moments are moments of stress, but somehow they temper and things move on as they should.  If you enjoy reading about calamities then read on for a a bit of a laugh or skip to the next real adventures on the ensuing days.

To make a dream come true you first have to have one. I draw inspiration by reading about other adventures and pursuing different activities.