FUN-travel: At Sea – A&K Arctic Cruise Day 10
October 18, 2014 by Susan Clarke
Day 49 – Monday, August 18 – At Sea – A&K Cruise Day 10 – sun w/clouds – 50’s – sunrise 4:31 – sunset 9:53 – typical sea day
What I LIKE
- 9:00 –typical breakfast w/snack for the room
- 9:45 – lecture on TV – the Future of the Oceans
- 11:30 – lecture on TV – All about Auks
- 1:00 – typical lunch w/no theme
- 2:30 – nap
- 5:00 – lecture on TV – Climate Change – Ancient Records & Modern Reality
- 7:00 – Expedition Recap – last one for the cruise – highlights of trip
- – pictures w/music presentation on the big screens
- – when you see them all together it looks like we had a good trip!
- 8:00 – dinner w/Gabby & Brooke & 2 other couples
- – celebrating their 35th anniversary
- 10:00 – Julio (an 80 yr old fellow passenger & entertainer) serenades the group in the dining room with his singing and guitar playing
What I DON’T LIKE
- Typical sea day – have watched everything on TV and getting bored
FUN-fact – Greenland is not a continent because it is part of the North American tectonic plate.
More FF – We crossed the Denmark Strait today which stretches 300 miles to Iceland and connects the Arctic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean.