66°33′ South

In the night the ship pressed on south and we are hovering just above the Antarctic Circle. Next steps will be announced with the wake up call.

Last night they had Solo Travellers Night at dinner – got to meet a few new folks. Lots of Brits and Aussies on board. Have been hanging out with my cabinmate Constance from Taiwan and Angie from California so far.

Marcos Couch gave the Bar Talk last night which was a slide show of his team ascents of the two tallest peaks in Patagonia. Nice to see Kodachrome images again – sometimes digital photography is just too harsh.

This morning (Wednesday) winds have been in excess of 50 knots so it’s “no go” for zodiacs this morning. We’ll be pressing on to cross the circle sometime this afternoon. While waiting for the wind to let up, Sophia got us all learned up on Glaciers. If you move you are a glacier, if you don’t you are just ice.

Crossed the Antarctic circle with permission of Neptune and Salacia around 13:50 Argentina time!

Since the weather didn’t cooperate for either zodiac cruising or the polar plunge the rest of the afternoon was spent admiring icebergs with our new found knowledge of glacial movement and watching the many humpbacked whales.

A venison dinner and a round of boat bingo completed the day.

The winds and water have calmed, it is snow-globe snowing and I hear the occasional reverberation as the ship bumps into bergy bits. Life is good.