Southern Ocean
Continental Landing
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Today we set foot on the Antarctic Peninsula, at Neko Harbour! The landing site was located on Andvord Bay, and the beach was covered with Gentoo penguins.
Sandy Bay - January 4, 2009
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True to his promise, Jonas woke us up at 6 a.m. Breakfast was served from 6 a.m. to 7.30 a.m. and those of us in groups 5, 6, 7 and 8, were encouraged to go to breakfast first. These groups would be landing at around 7 a.m.
The weather conditions were not perfect, as we had some rain showers, but the swell was manageable and we did not have too much wind. At first Captain Pavel tried to anchor, but that meant the ship swung around and the swell hit us side on, so we had a lot of rolling.
Open Water - January 2, 2009
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Well, we knew we were in open water during the night, as the ship was moving every which way. We had pitching, rolling and sometimes we felt as if we were completely airborne, which could hardly happen with a vessel of this size. But if you take the size of the Southern Ocean, ‘Kapitan Khlebnikov’ is just a tiny cork to be tossed around as the sea sees fit.
Early in the morning we were doing some serious pitching and the bow waves were of historical proportions. Then later we went into a more serious rolling movement as the wind and swell were changing.