Bering Sea - Crossing the International Dateline

 


Conditions this morning are worse than yesterday, as this low pressure system seems committed to follow our course. It was a pretty bumpy night last night and the ship is rolling around a bit today. The sea conditions are visibly worse and the wind velocity has increased, but nevertheless it is still comfortable on board. Eating and drinking continues at normal pace.

The constant daily reviews of the ships clock, and the crossing of the Date Line at 10.40 am (Ships time clock) this morning has obviously greatly confused the ships tracker view above. The good news is that we seem to be on a direct path to Dutch Harbour.

Sadly, all outside decks are closed due to the strong winds and big seas, so the best we can do is wander around the boat, eat and drink a bit less, or just ignore it, and hope to catch up on our exercise later.




Fortunately the ship has some great speakers and we went to a lecture this morning which covered USA purchase history of Alaska from Russia. A great presentation, which highlighted how political this purchase was.

After lunch, we continue our quest for knowledge on space programs, a subject matter where Viking has put together an amazing group of speakers, all currently still working in or consulting to this industry.

Todays presentation is by a Ukrainian Scientist, who is currently employed in the system in Europe, by a satellite manufacturer.  Her subject is about Satellites , their capabilities, who has what, and what they are being used for. Once again, a great insight into things we hear little about.

Even though the weather has been pretty ordinary over the past few days, there has been a lot of very interesting lectures to attend, if the subject matter sparks your interest.

Otherwise, the food and wine have been faultless. Just a normal dinner tonight in the main restaurant.

It is hard to believe, but we have only one more day at sea before arriving at Dutch Harbour.

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