The crossing of Denmark Strait is not to be taken lightly. It has the potential to be one of the
stormiest seas in the world. We were
privileged to have a benign crossing.
There was just enough movement on Fram to remind everyone, “Oh
yeah. I’m on a ship.”
As the
day progressed the seas picked up a little but still no big deal. The waves were at best two metres by the
latter part of the day. The skies were a
constant grey and during the early evening we were enveloped in fog. Visibility was limited to about two hundred
metres.
As
today was a full day at sea, we had a full program of lectures. We also held briefings designed to
familiarize everyone with our Polar Cirkle boats and our tender pit
operations. The briefings are also the
time when we can inform people about what’s going to happen during our upcoming
landings. 
At
16:30 the Expedition Team set up a boot rental shop on deck three. For those who felt they had brought
inadequate footwear for Greenland they could avail themselves of a fine pair of
Muck boots for the duration of the voyage.
Michael
delighted everyone by singing and playing his guitar again in the Observation
Lounge with performances at 14:00 and again at 20:30. It is a real pleasure to have Michael on
board!
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