Drake Passage - 24 January 2009

We spent today at sea, crossing the Drake Passage.  I hadn't realized it, but evidently this is typically one of the hardest parts of an Antarctic voyage - the sea can get quite choppy.  It wasn't a surprise then when we woke up being bounced around as the ship cut through the waves.

I didn't enjoy it, but I wasn't really feeling sick.  Jennifer, however, was not as lucky.  She didn't have any unplanned expulsions (foreshadowing) but she didn't feel good for most of the day.  We ended up hanging out in the lounge, which is at the back of the boat.  Over the coming weeks we'll actually carve out a little space where we typically sit and mess around on  the computer or read.

I was surprised, though, that this was an easy passage.  All of the crew described it as Drake Lake.  I shudder to think what a bad passage is like.

To keep us occupied two of the professional photographers on board gave a lecture on how to take good pictures.  I took copious notes, but they didn't cover how to stop taking pictures of my thumb.  Oh well...

Tomorrow we make our first landing, and we're really looking forward to it.