Orca

6 May 2010

So few voyages, so little time!

By Blog.Admin

We had a call last night from someone on the waiting list to participate in our Epic Antarctica voyage this winter. She was so far down the list, she despaired of getting aboard.

1 Mar 2009

Orcas Everywhere

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Saturday 28 February 2009 Orcas everywhere! Yesterday morning we awoke to find the strong currents had smashed the large chunk of sea ice into which we had ventured the previous evening into tiny pieces. Even so icebergs choked our path to the south and slowed our progress to Devil Island. Before breakfast I spied seven Snow Petrels and well over a dozen Orcas. Many of the Orcas were covered in diatoms lending a pinkish hue to their flanks. We stayed with the Orcas for a good half hour before inching south once more. A majority of folks landed on Devil Island and took the walk to one

8 Feb 2009

You Can't Go Wrong

By Blog.Admin

7 February 2009 It’s odd the things that your memory retains. I studied mandarin for a short time a few years back. I learned how to order food, inquire about public transport, haggle and discuss ones family. We have a small contingent of Taiwanese passengers on this voyage and a large contingent of Japanese. I know my limitations in Japanese. I can’t go wrong with numbers and ‘thank you.’ I was finally in a position to utilise my vast mandarin vocabulary and I found myself at a loss. I googled my brain for certain words and phrases, however, my bablefish stopped working some time ag

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