Teamwork is trust

Blog from Cabin 208 Ines Rupprecht My roommate Nicola jumped out of bed this morning even before Peters soothing wakeup call touched my ears. She had a vision of breakfast she said. Expeditions always start early (6 – 7 am) and in the dark. Or is it just because I blocked the window with another blanket because it got so cold? First challenge of today was which color thermal base layer shall we put on and does that match our mid and top layer??? (not that there is much of a choice though…) Greetings to all Merino sheep around the world – I love you! Especially when we had minus 30 degrees on deck. I made my decent from the upper bunk bed – I am getting quite artistic after all these days and went to breakfast with my loved Nutella. After that - ready to land. Image me sitting on the zodiac just holding the rope with one hand!! I feel like a mixture of superwoman and Michelin man. I got so many clothes on, (layers layers layers) I feel and look like a seal. If an Orka will eat me it’s just because of the tons of clothes. The landing was great – a huge iceberg crashing in front of us was amazing. No words for that. Whales and penguins followed us during the day. Thank god I brought that sunscreen factor 50 and put in my backpack. Putting some on my face would have been an even better idea. Hanging out on the bridge in the afternoon, Nicola spotted a group of 6 Orka whales. Those have not been seen since January. Even the crew got excited. As Nicola saw them first, the captain Jorge gave her a bottle of red wine. I expect we will be upgraded to a first class cabin tonight with whirlpool and room service. Yesterday we have passed the place where the cruise ship Explorer just sank – hit by a growler. When I went up the bride the other night (quite spooky place at night as only the radar is on and it is pitch black). The staff was looking outside with some sort of special-night-vision-growler-detectors I thought. Actually those were only ordinary binoculars. Teamwork is trust I have learned in these days and they look like they have done that before. Went to bed and slept well. Today and tomorrow is camping night and I am happy I will go tomorrow together with Nicola. Oh yes, what a hell of a camper I am and always have been. At least no ants or mosquitoes and I might skip the morning shower.