I've found that I can get a temporary email account for the trip and use that to send text emails but not with photos attached. So I'm emailing this to my travel blog (jcdmusing.blogger.com) and it should be automatically sent onto my Facebook account if everything goes to plan. :) However, I have no way to check my Facebook account and respond to posts there, that will have to wait until I return to civilisation.
Day 8
I ended up having quite a reasonable nights sleep but that may have been due to the Kwells I had taken. The sea was much rougher today although I coped OK, with the Kwells keeping me a bit sleepy but at least free of sea sickness. The day consisted of a series of presentations on what we can and can't do when we are on Antarctica as well as some wildlife presentations. Our photography group also had a meeting to make sure we had our cameras setup properly and to give us an idea of the conditions we would face. There was also a lot of food to be e aten and lots of stairs to climb while exploring the ship and as my knee was feeling a lot better this wasn't too bad. We also received our water proof parker and it is particularly warm.
Day 9
Another pretty good sleep and when I woke I thought we had stopped as it felt like the ship had stopped its rocking and rolling. The sea had just calmed down a bit but it got back to normal as the day wore on. More talks and presentations and we got out water proof boots. All our outer clothes that we were to wear when we left the ship got vacuumed to remove any extraneous seeds or dirt that shouldn't be transported onto the Antarctic continent. I had a bit of a practise at trying to photograph the birds flying around the ship but it didn't work real well as they move quickly and with the ship rocking and rolling its hard to get the focus right. I saw my first ice berg this afternoon, way off in the distance so once again the photos won't be wonderful. The meals so far have been g reat and there is no worry that they will run out of food. I had an early night in bed as we would be up fairly early for the celebration of crossing the Antarctic Circle.
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