Alive!
Date: 17 February
Location: 64°09′S 60°57′W
After a 14 hour sail into the freezing wind, arrived at the Argentine science station, Primavera Base. The arrival at sunset was the most spectacular sunset I have ever seen. We chose an anchorage that seemed clear of icebergs and called it a night.
Morning of 2/16 woke to find the boat surrounded by medium size icebergs, up to the size of a semi truck. It looked safe, so our Kiwi captain called the base and asked for permission to visit. I am pretty sure he ordered a combination platter, but they seemed to welcome us.
Let me say that there are some great jobs, but working at an Argentine science station, studying leopard seals for the Antarctic summer must be at the top of the list. They gave us a tour and shared some adventure stories. By the way, everywhere we go we get the same reaction 'you must be crazy' from the people we meet. The station was pleasant, of course good weather helped, and they had working toilet! Yes, we are on day 5 of no toilet. We will be at an anchorage for the next 2 days, so the captain will have no excuse.
Every day we see whales, penguins, seals, and birds. Photographic evidence to follow on return.
On return to boat, the iceberg near the boat rolled and cracked apart. It was quite dramatic. This particular iceberg was the size of small house.
We sailed south this afternoon and tied off to the wreckage of an old whaling ship. We
I will write more about cruising companions on return. A nearly perfect selection!
Tomorrow 3 of crew plan to swim. Not sure why.
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