The Captain also explained about our stabilizers, which are
4 meter long “wings” with flaps that come out of each side of the vessel. They
help to reduce the rolling, however, nothing can be done against the pitching.
So we were lucky that the movement of today was not too bad, although we
definitely had more wind than yesterday. Or is it that we all have got our
sea-legs by now?
The sky cleared up during the day and the blue water with
the white caps shining in the sun gave us the real ‘ocean feeling’.
Birds were again following the ship and different species
could be identified: the already mentioned fulmars (again very numerous!),
several flocks of kittiwakes, glaucous gulls, greater and sooty shearwaters,
little auks, pomarine skuas (very special!) and even a raptor (probably a
peregrine falcon) was around. Not to forget our blind passenger from Greenland,
a young snow bunting on deck 7. 
The sea was too rough for a good whale watching, however,
some of us were lucky enough to spot small groups of pilot whales.
Otherwise, the day was used again for relaxing, attending
lectures, films or a question-and-answer session with the expedition team. Some
of the guests tried out the Jacuzzis and others worked out in the fitness room.
In the evening another question round took place – this time
with the Captain, the Chief Engineer and the Hotel Manager to talk about topics
related to Fram.
