Friday, January 3rd to Monday, January 6th
Our lovely luxurious ship The World (TW) sailed from Ushuaia during dinner on January 3rd. We were on the Beagle Channel until about midnight when we hit the open seas and the rolling began. TW rolled her way all through January 4th, 5th and 6th towards South Georgia. But thanks to some very efficient pills here on board I was actually more or less alright during those days. The only thing that didn’t agree with the rolling motion was reading and writing, hence no blogging or processing photos during those days. We did however manage to update 7lows.com with photos and a write-up about our visit to Laguna del Carbón.
We enjoyed drinks and dinners with a variety of people, and attended lectures with a ton of information about our upcoming time in South Georgia.
Let me tell you about the wealth of information we have on board in the form of the members of the Expedition team!
The World contracted EYOS, a company specialized in Antarctic (and other) Expeditions and they in turn contracted experts for our particular expedition.
- Rob McCallum: Co-Expedition Leader.
- Tim Soper: Co-Expedition Leader.
- Jonathan Shackleton: Historian and General Naturalist (cousin of Sir Ernest Shackleton).
- Tim Jarvis: Polar Explorer.
- Rob Suisted: Marine Biologist and Photography Expert.
- Geoff Renner: Geologist and General Naturalist.
- Rod Ledingham: Logistics and General Naturalist.
- Eduardo Shaw: Historian, General Naturalist.
- Martin Enckell: Logistics, General Naturalist and Photographer.
- Paul Lazarski: Kayak Leader, Photography Specialist and General Naturalist.
- Matt Drennan: Omithologist, Historian and General Naturalist.
- Jim Napoli: Videographer.
And they all double up as zodiac drivers.
