FUN-travel: Day at Sea – A&K Arctic Cruise Day 7
September 19, 2014 by Susan Clarke
Day 45 – Thursday, August 14 – Sea Day – A&K Cruise Day 7 – full sun w/clouds in distance – mid 40’s – Another typical Sea Day
What I LIKE
- 7:30 – typical wake up
- 9:30 – enrichment lecture – Greenland: Exploration & Transformation
- – watch on TV instead going to theatre
- 11:00 – finally get satellite coverage & internet!
- 12:30 – typical lunch
- 2:00 – CNN works!
Ny Alesund, Svalbard
- 2:15 – spa day – steam sauna w/body scrub, hot rocks massage!
- 5:00 – enrichment lecture – sea birds of the arctic
- – watch on TV instead going to theatre
- 6:30 – typical happy hour
- 7:00 – typical expedition recap & briefing on birds theatre Deck 4
- 8:00 – Special Chef’s Dinner – all his favorites
- – feel sleepy from massage – go to deck 6 – more casual
- – get window table & fog rolls in!
- 9:00 – in bed to watch another nature documentary
- Fall asleep early
Monacobreen, Svalbard,
What I DON’T LIKE
- Takes 30 mins just to get emails to come in
- – can’t even respond because it’s
- – really, really slow
- – which makes it really, really expensive!
- All we do is sleep!
FUN-fact – Greenland has the second largest ice cap and contains 7% of the earth’s ice.
More FF – Antarctica has the largest ice cap containing 90% of the earth’s ice.
