FUN-travel: Ushuaia, Argentina to Cape Town, South Africa – Silversea Cruise – Day 13 – At Sea
March 17, 2013 by Susan Clarke
The ABC’s of Islands
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration
Trip Day 44 – Thursday, March 14 – At Sea – sunny w/sporadic wispy clouds – calm seas – high 49
- A – 8:15 – wake up to full sun
- 8:30 to 10:15 – breakfast w/Brits – more great conversation (this time health care)
Blonde Seal Pup
- A – 11:30 – wine tasting – reds
#1 – Pinot Noir – Napa Valley – Estancia 2007
#2 – Cabernet Sauvignon – Napa Valley – Irony 2010
#3 – Tempranillo/Granache – Rioja, Spain – Pujanza Norte 2006
#4 – Champagne – Monopole
- A – Mike opens champagne bottle w/kitchen knife – turns bottle upside down, slowly brings it back up –@ 45 degree angle, uses dull side of knife edge, slides up the bottle & hits under the glass lip – creates smooth clean cut – (cork pops off still in the neck of bottle) – only works on French champagne bottles – definitely want to try this at home!
King Penguin Chick
- 12:30 – Greek themed lunch
- 2:00 – room R & R
- 6:45 – Pre-cap & briefing for Tristan da Cunha – recap by expedition team what we saw
- A – ice sheet we saw yesterday was B-15 F
- C – B-15 is the world’s largest recorded iceberg
- 8:15 – dinner w/Ron & Phyllis from Tarzana, CA
- 9:30 – more Alfredo on piano
- B – move clock ahead – lose another hour
FF – (FUN-fact) – The ice shelf B-15 F was a part of B-15 that broke off the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica in March, 2000. At that time it was 183 miles long and 23 miles wide and larger than Jamaica. It broke into smaller pieces later that year and in 2002, 2003, & 2005.
More FF – B-15 F is currently 19 miles long by 4 miles wide.
More FF – 93% of the world’s mass of icebergs are found surrounding the Antarctic.