Day 10
We slept with our cabin window open, listening to the ocean sounds the night through. The ships motion has increased with the gentle swells and white caps on the waters. There are more birds gliding around us as we sail closer to land. We will reach Ushuaia later today, but first we will sail around Cape Horn. The ship is currently travelling at 8.8 knots. This mornings air temperature is 6C and the water temperature is 5C. As at 7am we have sailed 1451 miles.
Breakfast this morning was French toast and bacon, which has been alternating daily with pancakes and sausage and all the other usual fare. The voices in the dining room this morning were more subdued.
Lunch: I don't remember but the usual four courses.
There have been presentations again today, all greatly informative and interesting.
We have settled our on board accounts and picked up our passports complete with the Antarctic stamp. Our luggage has been returned to our cabin.
Our Canadian Flag as well as the Nova Scotia flag was raised by Andrew and flown as we rounded Cape Horn.
Ship tours of the mud room, engine room and bridge were conducted followed by the slide show compiled from the best of the best photos submitted by fellow passengers. We were each give a One Ocean memory stick with the slide show on it to take home.
The trip concluded with the Captains Dinner. Again, another gourmet menu of fish, beef or vegetarian dishes. The soup was borsht, the dessert, Baked Antartica.
Bags are packed and set outside the door for the luggage fairies.
We will dock in Ushuaia in the morning in time for our transfer to the airport at 7:30.
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| Cape Horne |
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| Raising the Canadian and Nova Scotia flags |
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