25.11. Close to Elephant Island
We will reach Elephant Island in the early morning of Wednesday and Zodiac boat tours are planned to see the place where Ernest Shackleton landed some 100 years ago! Most people have not seen Elephant Island, as often it is misty there and it is not easy to get on land there!
I startedmy sports program today! It is just one hour on bike and running treadmill. But on a very intense level of at least 200 Watt. Most people that I see just choose 50-100 Watt! To me this is no real sport but looks more than "Hausfrauengymnastik"! ;-) It is also very common in Switzerland: People think they are sportive, but in reality they only exercise on lowest levels! There are only very few exceptions!
I met many interesting people here from America, Japan and China! Yesterday I uploaded a selection of 50 photos onto the ship PC and many people already asked for more! It is a good promotion for my website and I might sell some pictures at a later stage! I will offer a flat rate of 500EUR for about 200 great pictures of Antarctica! I have only 20 of my photography business cards left, so From now on I will hand them over only to selected people! Maybe 1 card for each Japanese and Chinese grou..
Next project will be icebergs and penguins in Antarctica! I would need a dark sky to bring those icebergs into great blue colors!
Currently the sea is very calm! No risk at all for sea-sickness! But I still have a soar throat! :-(
The lectures are very interesting! Yesterday in Wolfgangs geology course I felt like being at the university in semester 3, as he really got deep into theory! Today there is a very interesting lecture from Jonathan Shackleton! He is a funny, entertaining guy! A very special, Irish character! :-) today the topic is on the "Endurance expedition". It is great having a relative from Ernest Shackleton on board! ;-)
So far from the very deep ocean very close to Antarctica! We will stay in Antarctica for 3-4 days..
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