Another full day at sea. And the sea isn’t letting us go lightly. It was snowing this morning and we have some Australians on board who have never seen snowfall before. There were talks through the day and David, our resident artist, taught a large group of enthusiasts how to draw penguins at afternoon tea time. Many of the results were scarily good or at least competent. The Wild bunch and others ended the night in the bar with singing and card games. They have their own special T-shirts with a portrait of Frank Wild (with the pipe that he was given by Rudyard Kipling) on the front and inscription “The Final Ashes Tour” and the voyage dates on the back. I expect Frank would have approved.
Elephant Island is drawing nearer but it’s a slow slog. We should be there sometime tomorrow but with the ocean swell that’s running few hold hopes that we’ll get close.

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