Day one at Sea
Trying to get my sea legs!
Southern tip of Tasmania from the starboard side.
A selfie of the newbies, Me and David . Rodrigo (not a newbie) in the back.
This is not my first time on the ocean. Once I took a whale watch from Boston. Another time it was a ferry from Washington State to Victoria Island, British Columbia. Those are nothing compared to what is next. I am now on the first full day at sea, OPEN SEA! Wow, what a ride. As we steam due south the ship moves like a cork floating in a bathtub. Why is this? Here are a few reasons. There are to main movements called pitch and roll. Simply put when the ship pitches it moves bow to stern (front to back). When it rolls it is side to side, The 2 terms for the sides of a ship are port or left and starboard or right. These movements are amplified because we are on an Ice breaker. An ice breaker has more of a round bottom. Good for breaking ice, not so good for travel in open seas. In addition due to the weight distribution of the hull this adds an extra twist. Imagine a tea cup ride at the county fair and you get the idea.
Waves crashing the bow.
We were guided out to sea by a pilot. A pilot serves to navigate the ship out of harbors and large rivers. Once at open sea he returns to port by way of a pilot vessel. At that point the ship's crew takes over. As the boat rocks and rolls its way to Antarctica, daily duties become a lot more difficult. Moving about the ship for example requires constant contact with the railing.
The stern from the ice deck. The highest inside point on the ship.
I hope you are following our ships location on the link I provide in the last journal. Send a question or comment to the ask the team link.