Day
12 21.09.2015
A day in the ice.
We did not get far during the
night and our course had a trend southwards. We got caught in a pack ice belt
that stretched from far north to the south from our position and fog prevented
us from seeing much wildlife. The bridge was working hard to find a way through
it all day while it was a calm day of lectures and relaxing for us.
We learned about Nansens first
ice cap crossing, the northern lights, Eriks time in the Sirius Patrol and many
more things. It was not a boring day for sure. We could almost imagine how it
must have been 400 years ago to travel these waters in wooden boats, heading
into unknown areas. Many followed the development of our route on the
navigation chart screens, as our movement through the ice was much alike the
pattern a housefly would draw on a windowglass.
Lastly
we found a way through the belt and could accelerate out into open waters.
Svalbard, we are coming!
