Anacharsis
There were two flashes of light at dusk last night that defined the moment for me. The first was – yes, at almost 63 years, I have finally seen “the […]
Category Archives: antarctica
“Y’all Might Want to Hold On – It’s Going to Get Sporty…”
Captain has a succinct way of conveying information over the ship-wide PA when he deems it necessary, and he wasn’t wrong. He was preparing to spin us around to get […]
Miles From Nowhere
Approximately 593 miles, at the moment. That is, if you consider the center of nowhere to be the fabled Point Nemo, the Oceanic Point of Inaccessibility. I’ll ‘fess up: we’d […]
Southeast in Blue Water
It was an unexpected relief to finally be underway. So much anticipation, so many expectations, so much preparation. When I heard the radio call of the last lines casting off […]
“And a Downhill Run to Papeete…”
I find myself mumbling when I start explaining this trip. “You’re going back to the ship? Antarctica again?” “No, Tahiti.” “Where?” “Tahiti.” “Sorry – I missed that.” “Tahiti! But it’s […]
Resurrection Bay
Story goes that the Russian merchant and trader Alexander Baranov’s ship was forced to take shelter here during a powerful storm on Easter eve. Stunningly calm, beautiful weather on Easter […]
The Ship’s Lullaby
Oh, right – the storm. Played out about as the crew said it would: we rocked a little more than usual (though “usual” is always hard to quantify on an […]
Sea Change
Third mate was talking about it with one of the engineers when I came in. “Yeah, next week we’re gonna be laughing about this: ‘Remember that one transit that really […]
Envoi
I know, I know – I’m not the only person who has a complicated relationship with the sea. If I were, where would we get all those shanties? All those […]
Smelling the Hay
This is the point in the movie when our weary protagonists prematurely celebrate their survival and triumph, letting down their guard just long enough for the villain to rise from […]
David Pablo Cohn 