After two days in South Georgia, we have now turned the bow north west and are headed back towards the Falklands. We will spend the next two days at sea covering the 1,500 or so miles to Port Stanley. Somewhat ominously, we were warned as we sailed away from Stromness that this would be a good evening to take the sea-sickness pills we brought with us but haven’t needed up to now. Even though the skies were clear, up ahead the blackest of ugly, dark clouds lurked meanacingly.
It is now 11pm ship’s time and the Fram is rockin’ and rollin’ its way through rough seas. It is hard to stand upright and sleeping may also be a problem with the creaking and groaning of the ship’s superstructure. However, we are all reassured by the knowledge given us by the Captain the other night at his Q&A session that this ship has perfect bouyancy even when listing 90 degrees and lying on its side! Well, maybe ”reassured” isn’t quite the right word.
Anyway, the good news is that this rough ride has more to do with converging currents in this part of the world than it has to do with bad weather and won’t last beyond the morning. Such joy!!