23rd February 2017 – The Dreaded Drakes Passage !!
The wind picked up and the ship rocked & rolled through the night. Not enough to tip us out of our bunks but close… After another "Good Morning Vietnam" awakening at 7.00, we staggered down to breakfast like a bunch of penguins with a wide gait desperately trying to keep our balance.
The wind picked up and the ship rocked & rolled through the night. Not enough to tip us out of our bunks but close… After another "Good Morning Vietnam" awakening at 7.00, we staggered down to breakfast like a bunch of penguins with a wide gait desperately trying to keep our balance.
“One hand for the ship “was the rule as it stopped you
falling sideways into stairwells or some stranger’s cabin. Breakfast was fun,
running into people’s tables as we staggered back from the buffet, but overall
it had not been any worse than when we travelled down.
Boris’s breakfast announcement was that the weather front had passed
us by and the weather wasn’t any worse than when we passed through the Drakes’s
Passage on the way down……………once again - the travel gods were on our side.
We had all the experts running lectures during the trip back
through the Drakes passage as it wasn’t possible to be outside for too long
because of the rock & roll. Mike the second whale expert told us all out
being on the whaling commission & showed us how the whale recovery had
progressed since the moratorium on whaling.
Simon the ornithologist spent time with us on our favourite
penguins and Dave the resident professional photographer showed us some of his
work from this trip, which was really good.
The Shackleton Whisky Story
We were treated to a great lecture on the discovery of Shacketon's Mackinlay Whisky. It transpires that under his hut and only discovered last year was a case of whisky which appeared to have been buried and subsequently frozen.
Upon discovery, the whisky was taken to New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust, the head blender was flown from Scotland (by the Indian owner of the distillery and Kingfisher) and confirmed that it was the best scotch he had ever had and they set about re-constituting it by the use of science. Of course, Steve could not resist the temptation to have a $20 shot of Shackleton's whisky with all proceeds going to the Antarctic charities (Steve's excuse anyway).
You can now but this blend for about £135 but Steve says its only any good when you have it in the Antarctic but was a brilliant story for Steve who is a big Shackleton fan.
The Shackleton Whisky Story
We were treated to a great lecture on the discovery of Shacketon's Mackinlay Whisky. It transpires that under his hut and only discovered last year was a case of whisky which appeared to have been buried and subsequently frozen.
Upon discovery, the whisky was taken to New Zealand Antarctic Heritage Trust, the head blender was flown from Scotland (by the Indian owner of the distillery and Kingfisher) and confirmed that it was the best scotch he had ever had and they set about re-constituting it by the use of science. Of course, Steve could not resist the temptation to have a $20 shot of Shackleton's whisky with all proceeds going to the Antarctic charities (Steve's excuse anyway).
You can now but this blend for about £135 but Steve says its only any good when you have it in the Antarctic but was a brilliant story for Steve who is a big Shackleton fan.
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