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| Sunset in the ice |
Yoga, Zumba was the start of the day followed by some
leisurely reading of old expedition reports from the Mawson area. Sounds almost like Groundhog day. The only
different my reading material is very interesting. Mawson station and its
surrounding was the target of a lot of glaciology and geology work during the
IGY and following years. Reading through these reports makes me feel like
stepping into the footsteps of these Explorers, getting my excitement up.
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| The Focsle |
Exiting was also the announcement that the helicopters will
be doing a Recci flight. Due to weather the heli ops was cancelled. Instead
tours of the Focsle were announced. The Focsle is the front of the ship. During
our voyage the front of the ship has gotten encased in some pretty thick ice.
Slippery when wet and in our case icy. Thus extra caution is required. Rewarded
was the trip with pretty views of icicles and the view onto the bow of the
ship.
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| Plowing through the waters |
While exploring the Foscle there was a flock of penguins accompanying our ship in the water.
Though again mostly overcast during the day, the sun was
once again shining for bed time and created a magnificent evening sky. I do
believe Antarctica is made of 50 shades of blue, a thousand shades of grey and
a tint of golden.
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