Was rough sailing again for a few hours very early this morning while we were back out in the open ocean. Did not wake Rebecca but I woke up then right back to sleep. We are back in the protected fjords today however. At 8am we approached the Skua glacier and was sitting in front of it until 11:30am. We were waiting for a Chilean navy helicopter to arrive and air evacuate one of the passengers to a hospital in Punta Arenas. The helicopter did not land on the ship but used a "basket" to pick the person up off the pool deck. The Skua glacier flows down from the huge southern ice field in Chile & Argentina. The glacial face on it was 2 miles wide with 100 feet of ice above the water and another 200 feet below the water at the terminus (when glacier meets water).
I climbed another 100 floors this morning during the evacuation procedure. Lots of activities scheduled all day long but think we will sit in our suite and enjoy the scenery of the fjords pass by as we are sailing to our next port. We will arrive tomorrow at 7am in Punta Arenas, Chile. We had a dead little bird on our balcony when we opened the curtains this morning. Must have crashed into our patio glass doors.
Rebecca finished a book she got out of the ship's library so is reading my blog this afternoon. I have been enjoying the scenery. Just finished downloading the few photos I took today. Well, our Captain has to make the decision tomorrow on whether or not we will be going back out in the open ocean to go around Cape Horn on Saturday. It all depends on how rough the ocean is. The Cape Horn waters are known to be the roughest in the world at times. On yesterday's noon announcement he said our chances of going around the cape was 20% as the forecast was not good. When we leave Punta Arenas we will either stay in the fjords to Ushuaia, Argentina or go out in the open waters and around Cape Horn. I'm voting for the smoothest way!!
Last night's Prime 7 dinner was very good and enjoyed the two other couples we dined with. Fred was an army officer in Viet Nam during '66 & '67 and Dave flew C-130's, so lots of "war stories" for the wives to listen too. So much talking we missed last night's show, a Broadway singer named Jeri Sager. Will have to be sure and catch her next show.
Not sure how this bird happened to die on our balcony?
Penguin ice carving
Ice from the fjord
Chilean helicopter
I climbed another 100 floors this morning during the evacuation procedure. Lots of activities scheduled all day long but think we will sit in our suite and enjoy the scenery of the fjords pass by as we are sailing to our next port. We will arrive tomorrow at 7am in Punta Arenas, Chile. We had a dead little bird on our balcony when we opened the curtains this morning. Must have crashed into our patio glass doors.
Rebecca finished a book she got out of the ship's library so is reading my blog this afternoon. I have been enjoying the scenery. Just finished downloading the few photos I took today. Well, our Captain has to make the decision tomorrow on whether or not we will be going back out in the open ocean to go around Cape Horn on Saturday. It all depends on how rough the ocean is. The Cape Horn waters are known to be the roughest in the world at times. On yesterday's noon announcement he said our chances of going around the cape was 20% as the forecast was not good. When we leave Punta Arenas we will either stay in the fjords to Ushuaia, Argentina or go out in the open waters and around Cape Horn. I'm voting for the smoothest way!!
Last night's Prime 7 dinner was very good and enjoyed the two other couples we dined with. Fred was an army officer in Viet Nam during '66 & '67 and Dave flew C-130's, so lots of "war stories" for the wives to listen too. So much talking we missed last night's show, a Broadway singer named Jeri Sager. Will have to be sure and catch her next show.
