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Sluggish day
Dec. 19th, 2007 08:00 pmShip's Position at 12:00:
Today was a sluggish day for just about everyone. We do have a prospect of activity tomorrow afternoon at Proclamation Island, though, and from the remarks I hear many people are counting on that happening. The highlights were a showing of 90° South, Herbert Ponting's film about the Scott expedition and the installation in the lounge area of Christmas trees, lights, and so on. Some of the elements of decoration are excellent and some are not so good — the windows have been adorned with bows, garland, and other things, so it is not possible to unfasten and open them to get a quick photo off the bow. There is not enough ice and snow outside; fake snow has been sprayed on the windows, too. (I hope whoever had this idea misses a really good whale photo due to the decorations.) The large and small artificial trees are all fastened pretty securely, but the gold glass balls in the window wells do not seem appropriate — for one thing, during the evening meal drinks pitchers are put there — and television in the quiet and cozy library area is 100 percent bad idea. At the moment it is showing something about prehistoric monuments. TV kills sociability; no one will talk or read there now.
I wonder whether I still have a TV-B-Gone in my bag...
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- 65°58.8' S 41°09.3' E
- Course 0°; Speed 11 kts
- Air temperature 1°C; Wind 14 kts; Direction 40°
- Weather: Cloudy; Visibility 5
- Ice Cover: 8/10
- Distance covered past 24 hours: 262.6 nautical miles
Today was a sluggish day for just about everyone. We do have a prospect of activity tomorrow afternoon at Proclamation Island, though, and from the remarks I hear many people are counting on that happening. The highlights were a showing of 90° South, Herbert Ponting's film about the Scott expedition and the installation in the lounge area of Christmas trees, lights, and so on. Some of the elements of decoration are excellent and some are not so good — the windows have been adorned with bows, garland, and other things, so it is not possible to unfasten and open them to get a quick photo off the bow. There is not enough ice and snow outside; fake snow has been sprayed on the windows, too. (I hope whoever had this idea misses a really good whale photo due to the decorations.) The large and small artificial trees are all fastened pretty securely, but the gold glass balls in the window wells do not seem appropriate — for one thing, during the evening meal drinks pitchers are put there — and television in the quiet and cozy library area is 100 percent bad idea. At the moment it is showing something about prehistoric monuments. TV kills sociability; no one will talk or read there now.
I wonder whether I still have a TV-B-Gone in my bag...
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