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GETTING STUCK IN AN ICE FLOW , ANTARCTICA.

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I am enclosing an excerpt from the ship log for that day which describes where we were, and the location. The ice flows which we were cruising in were floating along at about 10 to 20 knots, I have clips of this too, quite stunning. Whilst we could see the tabular ice bergs hardly moving and seem to be causing some of the 'ice congestion' .

Here is the excerpt from the ships log for that day.

Day 14 – December 29th
 Antarctic Peninsula: Paulet Island & Brown Bluff
0800 GPS position: 63°36.3’ S / 056°03.2’ W Weather: 3°C, cloudy, fog, snow; wind: SE 2

Many of us were awoken from our Antarctic dreams by the gentle tones of Cheryl announcing the morning weather and warning us of the rapidly approaching breakfast buffet. Outside on decks the birders had started their morning vigil many hours earlier. As we cruised deeper into the Weddell Sea the weather and light appeared to be changing almost by the minute. The scenery was truly amazing, thick sea ice as far as the eye could see and the volcanic cone
of Paulet Island (our intended landing for the morning) not yet in sight. The officers and crew were all hard at work on the bridge navigating the heavy ice, our progress being slowed somewhat by the conditions. As a result, we all enjoyed an incredible ship’s cruise out on deck amidst clear blue skies, penguins and seals on ice with occasional snow showers that disappeared as fast as they arrived.
Ortelius pushed her way as close to Paulet island as the Captain felt appropriate for the conditions and once we realized that reaching the landing site was impossible, we launched zodiacs and enjoyed a zodiac cruise amongst the fast moving ice of the Weddell sea. We all had a fantastic time and really appreciated how quickly the ice could close in and trap a fast and nimble zodiac let alone an old wooden sailing ship of the 17th century.

I guess similar to how Shackleton got stuck with the Endurance.

If you need anything else please let me know.
Mike Way

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