Somewhere off East Antarctica
Ship's Position at 12:00:
On this day in 1912, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole. Must go round to the bar after sending this to see if we're having a festivity. No one is giving a 09:00, or even a 10:00, talk tomorrow, so the staff are free to celebrate...
Got up around 02:00 and watched till 03:30 to see whether we'd have a pretty and interesting-to-photograph Antarctic sea-ice sunrise. Cloud cover is too thick and there are some gold-and-bronze-and-brass effects on the horizon, but not the long, low, slanting light hoped for.
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- 65°14.2' S 0°20.5' E
- Course 80°; Speed 8-13 kts
- Air temperature 2°C; Wind 12 kts; Direction 100°
- Weather: Cloudy; Visibility 4
- Ice Cover: 8/10
- Distance covered past 24 hours: 256.2 nautical miles
On this day in 1912, Roald Amundsen reached the South Pole. Must go round to the bar after sending this to see if we're having a festivity. No one is giving a 09:00, or even a 10:00, talk tomorrow, so the staff are free to celebrate...
Got up around 02:00 and watched till 03:30 to see whether we'd have a pretty and interesting-to-photograph Antarctic sea-ice sunrise. Cloud cover is too thick and there are some gold-and-bronze-and-brass effects on the horizon, but not the long, low, slanting light hoped for.
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