Dreams of Perfection!

I keep waiting to wake up from this incredible dream I am having. In this dream, Antarctica is this place where each day, the next perfect thing happens.

Here is a little about my dream:

When we completed the Drake Passage crossing (which was extremely smooth for us), we saw our first iceberg. Of course it is one that is big and perfect, all alone and in the middle of nowhere. Next, we go through iceberg alley and the sights are so spectacular; it is like someone placed each of them in the most perfect place. Yet we know that Iceberg Alley is the remains of the Lawson Ice Shelf that disintegrated in a matter of months. As we slowly “moved” the packed ice in front of us, we hear a noise in the distance followed by the sighting of an avalanche on port side. We continue onward and this picturesque scenery keeps going on and on and on.

We are taken to the top of a spectacular ridge and in the middle of Nick’s LOTE (Leadership on the Edge) training, a third of a huge iceberg collapses. The iceberg rocks back and forth, deciding if it is going to tip over or not. The waves rock the ship violently and the waves crash on the other icebergs and finally ashore. It was true Mother Nature and the might she has.

I am on the bow of the ship when a pod of Orca whales cross in front of the bow and broke the surface all in unison like they have been practicing to show us. About an hour later, 2 breaching humpbacks put on a show for us. Later, we went to Paradise Bay. This place was like sitting in front of an artist’s greatest painting and it was right in front of us in EVERY direction.

There are so many incredible things we witnessed that it would take days to write about. However, we are about the start the departure of Antarctica towards Argentina. My dream ends knowing the saying that nothing in life is perfect! In my dream I have found one place I would say is the perfect place and it must be kept perfect!

However, if this is not a dream, then I have just found perfection and we ALL have a part to keep it that way.……………..